Webster72n
Thu Nov 11 22:23:08 CST 2004
I stand corrected fully, Dave and probably was trigger happy.
It shall not happen again.
Harry, old and a little bit wiser.
"David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote in message
news:OuQsqQGyEHA.1308@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> Harry:
>
> I keyed on the fact that he was running WinME and received the error
"Cannot write to Disc
> C". You only get this kind of error within the OS and is indicative of a
hard disk problem.
> The boot sequence comes after the problem.
>
> Dave
>
>
>
> "Webster72n" <hbethke@copper.net> wrote in message
> news:%23Z1Tt7FyEHA.2192@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> |
> | I don't mean to be a smart guy, Dave, but after reading Smirnoff's
problem
> | description, I couldn't help but think of the boot-up sequence in th
BIOS.
> | All he would have to do is, choose the correct one for his system as the
> | first one, don't you think so?
> | Hopefully this was helpful.
> |
> | Harry.
> |
> |
> | "David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote in message
> | news:utsrc0$xEHA.2200@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> | > Go to the hard disk manufacturer's web site and download their
diagnostic
> | software
> | > respective to your hard disk. After the test, you will know if the
hard
> | disk is bad or
> | > not..
> | >
> | > Quantum/Maxtor - PowerMax
> | >
http://www.maxtor.com/en/support/downloads/powermax.htm
> | >
> | > Western Digital - Data LifeGuard Tools (DLGDiag)
> | >
http://support.wdc.com/download/
> | >
> | > Hitachi/IBM - Drive Fitness Test (DFT)
> | >
http://www.hgst.com/hdd/support/download.htm
> | >
> | > Seagate - SeaTools
> | >
http://www.seagate.com/support/seatools/
> | >
> | > Fujitsu - Diagnostic Tool
> | >
http://www.fcpa.com/download/hard-drives/
> | >
> | > Samsung - Disk manager
> | >
http://www.samsung.com/Products/HardDiskDrive/utilities/
> | >
> | > Dave
> | >
> | >
> | >
> | > "Smirnoff" <someone@nospam.invalid> wrote in message
> | > news:cmvnbp$nmm$1@sparta.btinternet.com...
> | > | Win ME
> | > | 128 Meg Ram
> | > | 40 Gig HD
> | > | Just recently I started getting a blue screen "Cannot write to Disc
C"
> | > | error.
> | > | Did all usual checks:
> | > | Disc clean up
> | > | Scandisc (thorough)
> | > | Defrag
> | > | Antivirus Ad-aware
> | > | Spybot
> | > | Easycleaner etc.
> | > | Then had problem with boot up error:
> | > | "Boot from ATAPI CD-ROM: Failure.
> | > | Disc Boot Failure, Insert System Disc and press enter"
> | > | As I have a Tiny OEM setup, the only system disc I have is the
Emergency
> | > | Restore Disc (back to basics!).
> | > | At first just pressing enter, without the disc, enabled the boot to
> | > | continue.
> | > | However, when I tried to use ME's system restore, it would not
complete
> | in
> | > | this way.
> | > | Finally did a "back to basics". At first OK but now have the same
(boot)
> | > | problem occurring.
> | > | Have downloaded programs without problem, seem to be able to write
to
> | disc
> | > | OK now.
> | > | Cannot understand why it does not appear to see CD-Drive empty on
boot
> | up
> | > | and go to C.
> | > | Have used "D" drive to reinstall programs (CD and CD-RW, OK).
> | > | Any ideas please.
> | > | Thanks
> | > |
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