Compaq v5101 I have a compaq that has primary drive lock on it when u first boot up.How do i get passed it?

If you have boot to disc set higher than your primary hard drive you will typically see this. This is normal and in a few seconds it should boot to your hard drive as normal. If it isn't passing this point you can set hard drive to first boot device in BIOS. Also make sure you don't have any flash drives or external hard drives plugged in. Your computer could be trying to boot from them and it will just sit there.

select the primary hard drive as the first boot device, or if you dont have option for this in BIOS, it means that your system boot from the primary drive as default

That is the boot loader message to boot to the NTFS Primary boot partition (Primary Boot Record for Descriptor 1 is the Utility partition)
Normally, this message flashes and the system boots, since it is not there is a failure in the boot process.
#1 run diags on the Hard Drive (CTRL+ALT+D at boot) and see if it passes
If it does
#2 Boot to you XP CD, press R for recovery console, and run the COMMAND CHKDSK /R see if the system will boot
If no go, go back to recovery console, try the command BOOTCFG /Rebuild then see if the system will boot
If That fails, try reinstalling Windows
If Diags Fail or all the above fail, replace the hard drive

Put the Windows CD disk into the CD-drive.
Turn the computer off.
Turn the computer on, and immediately look for a message like "press F12 to change boot order", or something like that. Tell the computer to first try to boot from the CD-drive. When it boots, the installation process will start.

Try doing the self-test for the hard drive. It could be a sign of hard drive failure. Just boot to BIOS go under diagnostics then select Primary Hard-drive Self Test. In hp notebooks, we use f10 after turning it on to boot into bios. Ask your computer manufacturer how to boot to BIOS. If you're Hard drive passed the test you might want to try re-installing the operating system. It could be a sign of Windows crashing. If you're Hard drive failed. There you go. You have to replace the hard drive. Hope this helps.

you need to set the primary hard disk as the first boot device in the BIOS's boot settings.

1. Restart the computer.
2. Keep tapping the F10 key when the Compaq logo appears. BIOS Setup Utility.
3. Select the Diagnostic tab.
4. Select the "hard drive self test" option and press enter to perform the test. Note: This test takes atleast 40 minutes. This will take you to

Pass - The hard drive is not damaged.
Fail - The hard drive is damaged and may need to be replaced.

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sounds like your hard drive has failed

well it add ons just dont have it pluged in extnal one one u boot up or go in bios tell it to boot up off set boot protiory to that hard drive 1st in the list disable all others if u can also ok