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Boot up error

I boot up the computer and get Disk error ctr alt delete to reboot, an cant do anything else.I can go into bios, but nothing else works. I put the restore cd in, it sits there, but doesnt do anything. a friend had me do a disk restore program and it showed the hard drive was ok, but still wont boot up.

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  • Anonymous May 11, 2010

    Could be a floppy in the drive (if you still have one!), USB, or the harddrive really isn't okay.

  • Anonymous May 11, 2010

    first unlpug anything has to do with usb or printer and remove any cds from your computer and restart the computer try that first

  • Anonymous May 11, 2010

    what is the error you get?

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You may have to open your computer and locate the hard drive. Trace the cable to see where it plugs into the motherboard. If there are other slots that it will plug into the motherboard, try plugging the hard drive into those.

If you have SATA plugins, it will be relatively easy to find a new port to plug it into. If you have IDE plugins, you may want to skip my solution and try other things first.

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can you get into the BIOS?
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save changes and try restart.
i hope you do have OS installed.
if not change 2nd part to 1st, and 1st to 2nd.

i have gotten the same error with my laptop. my computer was trying to load window from network, through network adapter.

hope this information helps.
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