Disk boot failure insert system disk and press enter

[guardian2020]

Help please, Ok my pc is a windows me secondhand, i have no windows me cd only a floppy start up disc that came with the pc..sorry i didnt know they needed anything else..(yes very thick i am) and i have the following fault...when i try to boot it says..

verying DMI pool data ..................
Boot from atapi Cd -rom..failure
Disk boot failure insert system disk and press enter

On the odd occasion it did boot after i restarted it but now it will not do a thing..
I know nothing about computers so any info or help please please very simple terms thanks please please help thanks in advance
Caz

[Jason]

Hello and welcome to the forum,

I'll try to explain this as simple as I can, let me know if you find it too complicated.
Firstly,
Enter your computer BIOS.
To do this you'll need to press a certain key at startup.
It's usually F2 or Del or something, you'll see it onscreen at startup.

When you get into this you need to look around and find your Boot Device order.
You'll need to use the keyboard in the BIOS as the mouse won't work here.
It's location is different depending on the BIOS you have but it's usually easy to find.
When you have located this make sure it is set to boot from the Hard Drive first and not the CD Drive.
Then save the changes, exit and restart.

Post back and let us know if that solved your problem or if my explaination was too complicated

[guardian2020]

Hi pc builder, Ty for the fast reply tryed the bios thingy..1st boot (was from floppy) i changed to hard drive, 2nd floppy and 3rd cd rom, and saved but still says same

verying DMI pool data ..................
Boot from atapi Cd -rom..failure
Disk boot failure insert system disk and press enter

ty for the help any other sugestioins please thanks
ps your advice i followed without a prob lol

could it be my hard drive is caput?? how would i tell :-\

[Jason]

Can you remember when it first started to happen?
Were you running anti virus software etc?
On the occasions when you do get into Windows did you notice anything unusual?
Your HD could well be dead but the message can be caused by other problems, such as a bad IDE cable.

Is there any CD or floppy in either drive when you are booting?

[guardian2020]

It started about a week ago odd occassions but on reboot windows was fine now it wont boot into windows at all.
No floppy or cd in computer.
I have anti virus.. Avast software which i run as well as spybot and ccleaner i also have a firewall installed. All scans came up clean when i checked just over the week ago. I do them regular. All of these have been on the p.c since i got it aprox 8 months ago none were installed previous owner .
I have defragged and disk clean up'ed in the last month. Again i do this regular.
I havent noticed anything odd when windows did boot. I have added nothing program wise onto the pc in the last 2-3 months only critical updates to window me and updated spybot etc.
Hope this may help xx caz
p.s I have just daringly opened the pc up and checked all cables are secure nothing loose, also blew some dust out..still the same message :'(

[Jason]

Ok, Now we need to check for Hard Disk errors.
You need to find out your HD manufacturer and go to their website to download their diagnostic tool.
Next, you'll have to burn it to a CD and boot from it to scan your HD for errors.

If you can't find your HD manufacturers name or you have problems finding the tools, post back and I'll sort it out

[guardian2020]

what i can make out is western digital WD400 its a 40 gb hard drive does this help?? tryed to look for this tool thingy but erm well twas a bit beyond me sorry i know typical woman i am hopeless sorry :-[

[Jason]

No problem. Thats why we're here.
Ok, I think <a href="http://support.wdc.com/download/inde...d=30">this</a> is the download page for WD HDs

Download the ISO version and burn the CD using <a href="http://isorecorder.alexfeinman.com/i....htm">this</a>.
It will make the CD bootable