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"Non-system disk or disk error replace and strike any key when ready".

My Compaq N610c laptop is also giving the error "Non-system disk or disk error replace and strike any key when ready".

I tried following things:
1. Replaced the hard disk of laptop with another hard disk of same laptop model. It booted up.
2. I replaced my hard drive in another laptop of same model. That laptop did not boot up.
3. Used windows xp boot up to boot up laptop. When i try to run recovery, it says hard drive is not present.

It means hard drive might have developed bad sectors or it might have crashed. That is mother boards of both the laptops are not able to detect it.
As of now, i would like to immediately recover the data and back them up. Let me know the procedure, software and hardware installed for back up.

I would also like to know possiblity to booting laptop with my current harddisk.

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  • Anonymous Dec 06, 2008

    i have the same problem with my compaq evo n620c

  • bethmartin1 Dec 16, 2008

    I dropped my laptop and when I turned it back on and it said the following, "non-system disk or disk error replace and strike any key when ready." I tried taking the hard drive out and replacing it back in and it did no good. I don't know what else to do.

  • Anonymous Dec 30, 2008

    yes I have the sme problem, have a HP laptop and its displaying the message Non System disk or disk error, replace and strike any key when ready, can someone help please

  • Anonymous Feb 18, 2009

    just like the last guy... same thing

  • Anonymous Mar 08, 2009

    My utterly useless HP laptop has this, it seemed to have occurred from nowhere mind. It was working fine the night before, i turned it off to go to bed and in the morning alas it has this problem! crazy but does anyone know how to actually fix it??

  • Anonymous Aug 28, 2013

    I don't get it

  • Anonymous Mar 25, 2014

    get error using recovery disk

  • Fix Your PC.Mobi
    Fix Your PC.Mobi Oct 13, 2014

    aS CRAZY AS IT SOUNDS SOMETIMES WEHN PLACING YOUR HARD DRIVE IN AN EXTERNAL ENCLOSURE AND PLACING IT UPSIDE DOWN THE HARD DRIVE WILL BECOME READABLE.

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If this error occurs you open the cabinet disconnected the harddisk data cable for few seconds and reconnected the harddisk data cable and bot it will work.

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    Brian Ask Aug 17, 2014

    no I took the drive out and put it back in same with ram I have triyed almost everything I can think of

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To resolve this issue, use one or more of the following methods, and then restart your computer:

  • Remove the non-system disk from your boot device. For example, remove the non-system disk from the floppy drive or the CD-ROM drive.
  • Change your computer's boot sequence. To do this, you must change your computer's setup and the option that controls which device your computer uses to start from. Make sure that you select a device that has boot files (or operating system files) installed.
  • If you start your computer from a hard disk drive, install a bootable operating system (such as Windows XP) on the drive.

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