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Invalid System Disk
My brother has a windows vista basic pc he just got. He set it up a few days
ago, and used it numerous times with no issues. Now, when he turns it on, he gets a message saying, "Invalid System Disk. Please insert disk and press any key." or something in that form. If he reboots it and hits F12 on the Acer logo screen, then selects his hard drive from a list, it works and loads fine. After rebooting it again though, he has the same problem. All the cables are connected properly in the computer. Could anybody help me? We spoke with a techician and she couldn't help us. |
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Invalid System Disk
Cheesegrater wrote:
My brother has a windows vista basic pc he just got. He set it up a few days ago, and used it numerous times with no issues. Now, when he turns it on, he gets a message saying, "Invalid System Disk. Please insert disk and press any key." or something in that form. If he reboots it and hits F12 on the Acer logo screen, then selects his hard drive from a list, it works and loads fine. After rebooting it again though, he has the same problem. All the cables are connected properly in the computer. Could anybody help me? We spoke with a techician and she couldn't help us. Not meaning to hurt your feelings, but is there a floppy or a cd in the drive? If yes, remove it. Malke -- Elephant Boy Computers www.elephantboycomputers.com "Don't Panic!" MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User |
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Invalid System Disk
Cheesegrater,
Here is a more complete explanation I found on the Internet: If you receive an "Invalid System Disk" message when you start up your computer, there are several possible reasons. The simplest and least dire reason is that you left a nonbootable floppy disk or CD in the appropriate drive. If this isn't the case, then another possible reason is that your booting hard disk drive is not setup properly in the BIOS. You will need to read your computer documentation in order to know how to get to your BIOS (often called the System Setup window), and what settings should be applied for your hard drive. Another possible reason is that the hard drive has gone bad, or that it is not connected properly, but if neither of these is the case then the main other reason for this message occurring is that somehow the bootable files on the hard drive (such as command.com) have become corrupted or deleted. The way to recover from this is to boot from a Windows Startup disk or other boot disk (you did create one, didn't you, by going into Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs, Startup Disk tab?) and then type this DOS command at the command prompt A:\ SYS C: If the command works, you will get a message "System transferred." Then re-boot your computer. Make sure that the boot disk was created with the same operating system that you are trying to boot to! If you don't have a boot disk, and can't borrow one from a friend or associate, then if you can use a computer that can get to the internet, you can download the files necessary to create a boot disk from this web site: http://www.bootdisk.com -- freddy "Cheesegrater" wrote: My brother has a windows vista basic pc he just got. He set it up a few days ago, and used it numerous times with no issues. Now, when he turns it on, he gets a message saying, "Invalid System Disk. Please insert disk and press any key." or something in that form. If he reboots it and hits F12 on the Acer logo screen, then selects his hard drive from a list, it works and loads fine. After rebooting it again though, he has the same problem. All the cables are connected properly in the computer. Could anybody help me? We spoke with a techician and she couldn't help us. |
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Invalid System Disk
hey ... that is so common a mistake every one makes it, and actually a very
good starting place. -- The personal opinion of Gary G. Little "Malke" wrote in message ... Cheesegrater wrote: My brother has a windows vista basic pc he just got. He set it up a few days ago, and used it numerous times with no issues. Now, when he turns it on, he gets a message saying, "Invalid System Disk. Please insert disk and press any key." or something in that form. If he reboots it and hits F12 on the Acer logo screen, then selects his hard drive from a list, it works and loads fine. After rebooting it again though, he has the same problem. All the cables are connected properly in the computer. Could anybody help me? We spoke with a techician and she couldn't help us. Not meaning to hurt your feelings, but is there a floppy or a cd in the drive? If yes, remove it. Malke -- Elephant Boy Computers www.elephantboycomputers.com "Don't Panic!" MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User |