Non-bootable disk 80 - Dell Latitude D600 Notebook

Causes

1. Computer is booting from a non-bootable source.
2. Computer hard disk drive is not properly setup in BIOS.
3. Corrupt NTLDR and NTDETECT.COM file.
4. Misconfiguration with the boot.ini file..
5. Corrupt boot sector / master boot record.
6. Seriously corrupted version of Windows 2000 or Windows XP.
7. Loose or Faulty IDE/EIDE hard disk drive cable.
8. Failing to enable USB keyboard support in the BIOS.

Solutions

Computer is booting from a non-bootable source

Many times this error is caused when the computer is attempting to boot from a non-bootable CD-ROM. First verify that no CD is in the computer, unless you are attempting to boot from a CD.

You probably have a non-bootable disc in the CD drive - when the computer powers up, your BIOS's first boot device is probably the CD drive and since it has a non-bootable disc in it, it can't boot. Remove the disc and re-boot your computer.

you have a disk in thecd or floppy which is not bootable, remove it and restart. and if no disk is in the drices you may have a bad drive.

Make a bootable floppy.
and then copy all the files of the floppy to the c drive of the hard disk.

You need to use a Windows install disk, or the computer recovery disk.

At startup of new windows installation, chose new installation and then chose the option Format hard drive.

Note: the windows install disk must be bootable, Upgrade install disk (non bootable) does not have the format option.

Regards

Non-System Disk or Disk Error results when the Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) cannot find the boot sector or the master boot record is missing or damaged; i.e. the device does not have bootable media. The BIOS searches drives in the order usually specified in the CMOS Setup. This order is often, but not always, A: (floppy drive), C: (first partition on the hard disk)… The error will occur during startup if the CMOS is set so the BIOS seeks the floppy drive first and a non-bootable (or blank) floppy is in (was left in) the floppy drive. Other causes include:

No bootable partition on a hard disk drive

A defective hard disk drive

The CMOS drive settings (parameters) are not correct for the boot device

Defective floppy

Defective floppy drive

A virus

floppy inside the machine or a non bootable device try removing all disks and usb connectors

Insert windows xp bootable disk and boot your system in CD/DVD and then reformat your HDD and install new windows operating system.

Anything like this: HARDWARE: CPU: Intel (MR) Pentium MMX 163 MHz RAM: 80 GB HD: Original 3 GB (Rest in peace) Now 20 GB CD: 16x reader Modem: Lucent 56K Video: CHIPS 68544 Sound ESS 1688 I/O PS/2 mouse/keyboard port I imagine you have the original HD:3GB do you notice they put down (rest in peace) I think thats what happened to yours it ceased and the laptop is asking for an OS which should have been on that disk but its stuffed. Try and see if you can get the new one of 20GB theyre easy to replace.