Disk Boot Failure Insert System Disc

PB94941 · 15 Feb 2009 at 11:01

My computer keeps saying "Disk boot failure insert system disc" when starting up, this is after a black screen with a flashing cursor for about 2mins.. Yet if i press F8 and tell it to boot from the right disc, it works perfectly..

Anybody got any ideas?

The hard drive is Samsung F1 1TB

Cheers

reflux · 15 Feb 2009 at 11:03

Checked hard disk connections? Could the motherboard battery be dead?

PB94941 · 15 Feb 2009 at 11:08

I think the cables are aright, will restart and check in a second. How long does the battery last? I will take it out and check it, do you know what voltage they are?

thanks

Steves_pc · 15 Feb 2009 at 14:13

Bios battery 3v but down to 2.5v should still work, make sure the bios hasnt had a brain fart, check the sammy is still the default boot drive

yashiro · 15 Feb 2009 at 14:34

My computer keeps saying "Disk boot failure insert system disc" when starting up, this is after a black screen with a flashing cursor for about 2mins.. Yet if i press F8 and tell it to boot from the right disc, it works perfectly.

Is it actually set to boot from this disk, and only this disk, in the bios?
If it is set to boot from HD first, and this is the first disk, then you've perhaps got a connection problem or your HD is taking a very long time to spin up.

It sounds like you've got it set to boot from CD from first looks.

Mav · 15 Feb 2009 at 18:11

nobody`s left a floppy disc or cd in the drive ??

an is ya HD set to first boot in the bios ??