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Primary master hard disc fail

I only have a black screen w/ the above message. then F2 to continue or F1 to enter setup
Pressing F2 results in: Disk boot failure
what do I do what is broken? It was fine one day & the next I got this message on entirely black screen.

  • ddeibler Nov 25, 2008

    Is it difficult to replace a hard disc & how expensive is it,how do I know if it is worth replacing?

  • ddeibler Nov 25, 2008

    Is replacment something I can do myself?

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The computer lost information about the peripherals that are connected inside and you just need to go to the BIOS setup by pressing F1

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Press F1
it will bring you to the BIOS Setup
set the hard drive that windows will load from.

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There seem some issue with your Hard drive.

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Dear Sir/madam,

No its not problem with Hard disk. It is problem with OS. Try to reinstall the OS after that error come it will be going to some other possible steps to work out to solve the problem.

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Check out another hard disk in the same machine or check out your hard disk in any other machine to know the exact problem.that is it hard disk or it is *********** board.you can get this checked at any local pc repair shop they will not charge u for this. thaks.

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Shut off the pc completely then open the cpu machine.then in that just remove all the wires connected to the hard disk also remove the power supply wire from the mother board then again reconnect the wires properly.also clean if any dust u can see on the mother board .and then ON the pc and check out .if same error then the hard disk has to be replaced to solve the problem.because either the hard disk is corrupted or having some internal problem.if its new and under warranty get it replaced.the company will provide u the replacement.

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Restart your computer as soon as it switches on, press [Delete] or [Enter] repeatedly (once every second) until the blue BIOS screen appears. Use the cursor keys to select the Auto-Detect Hard Disks option. When it finishes a few seconds later, go to 'Save & Exit' or 'Exit & Save Changes'

And once again reboot .
Hope this helps .

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When that happens , it is often because the hard disk is damaged and must be replaced.

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    the problem is not the monitor, but the computer.

    The hard disk fail can be logical or physical.

    When the disk data inside the computer gets corrupted you say you have an hard disk logical failure.
    You fix this reinstalling the system and eventually formatting the disk.

    In this case, if the disk format is fine you reinstall windows and can recover your data.

    When instead the disk has an electronic or mechanichal fault, the hard disk failure is physical.

    In this case the hard disk (and the data inside ) cannot be easily recovered.

    The disk must be replaced, and the system installed into the new disk.

    This job can be done at a local repair shop, or calling a technician.

    If the computer is under warranty , call the manufactrurer.


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