Can't Boot

[Genix]

I have a EPoX 8k3a+ that was recently serviced. When I try to boot up my system I get a SYSTEM DRIVE FAILURE. INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER. What do I do?

 

[Chadder007]

Its probably your hard drive....then again it could be the IDE controllers on the mobo. Unplug any other IDE devices and just have attached your hard drive. If it does the same, change the drive to the secondary channel and see if it says the same. If both say the same, just to make sure.....plug up your CD drive to one of them and put in a bootable CDROM such as Windows XP or Windows2000 and see if it will try to boot from the cd.

 

[ThatDumbGuy]

Your first step is to check to see the boot devices and order of boot devices in your BIOS: if your computer was recently serviced, your CMOS might have been reset and they might not have put the correct settings back in. It's possible your BIOS isnt even looking for a hard drive to boot off of.