disk boot failure?? argh..now what??

MlleDaae · 07-30-2002, 01:28 AM

why won't my stupid puter boot with the data lifeguard floppy or the os startup disk?? my floppy drive is detected...so waht's the deal....

"disk boot failure, insert system disk and press enter"

before i disconnected my cd drive it also said something about booting from the cd-rom even though floppy is listed in teh cmos as first bootable device...i dont' get it...what am i doing wrong now? i'm getting frustrated...

troyt75 · 07-30-2002, 01:31 AM

Bad floppy disk? Try to make another one.

thekemp · 07-30-2002, 01:32 AM

are you trying to boot from floppy cd or hard disk
if floppy make sure floppy is set in the bios to first boot
same for cd
make the hard disk second on the boot list.
make sure that your floppy is working correctly and that the cables are the right way round.
if your using cd to boot make sure the cd is bootable.
make sure the floppy disk is not corrupt and is bootable .

MlleDaae · 07-30-2002, 01:41 AM

trying to boot from floppy...it is set in the bios to boot first...then hard disk...the floppy came with my hard disk ...cables are connected...floppy drive is detected in the bios...also tried to boot from my win98se floppy startup disk but that got the same message as the data lifeguard floppy....i don't know what to do...and it's a quarter till 2am so i'm going to bed now...will deal with it in the morning...

thanks...

nunyadam · 07-30-2002, 01:46 AM

How long has it been since you used your floppy drive?
I had a similar problem with mine turned out it was dirty as all get out from all the fan's pulling air into the case.

MlleDaae · 07-30-2002, 01:49 AM

i just got it from New Egg...it was OEM though...

troyt75 · 07-30-2002, 01:51 AM

Is this system new or old? Maybe try a different floppy drive.

DOH man you guys are quick!

MlleDaae · 07-30-2002, 01:53 AM

i just built the thing...tonight is first time i booted it up...set all my BIOS the way my motherboard manual said and tried to boot using western digital's data lifeguard floppy to partition and format my new hard drive but that ain't working...ugh...

troyt75 · 07-30-2002, 02:26 AM

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Originally posted by MlleDaae
why won't my stupid puter boot with the data lifeguard floppy or the os startup disk?? my floppy drive is detected...so waht's the deal....

"disk boot failure, insert system disk and press enter"

before i disconnected my cd drive it also said something about booting from the cd-rom even though floppy is listed in teh cmos as first bootable device...i dont' get it...what am i doing wrong now? i'm getting frustrated...

Its not bootable! Try using Win98 boot disk and Fdisk and format.

Dax_Brandy · 07-30-2002, 10:01 AM

troyt75 is right.. your boot disk may have no system files in it.. try to look for another boot disk..