A computer typically gives you this message when it has lost the hard drive.

Next time you turn your system on, listen carefully for the sound of your
hard drive spinning up to speed.  If all you hear is fans and no,
high-pitched "whirring" sound of your hard drive then:

a) your hard drive has become disconnected inside your case  or...
b) your hard drive is dead   or....
c) a 'stiction' problem that can be resolved by tapping or shaking your hard
drive while the machine is turned on -- recommend as last resort, but it
works especially well on SCSI drives
d) your system setup (bios) hasn't been told to "auto detect" or hasn't been
given correct specs. on your drive's Cylinders, heads, etc.

hope this helps....but more importantly, hope you've backed up irreplaceable
data.

--gary tennesen
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----- Original Message -----
From: "John Loc" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2004 8:50 AM
Subject: [PCBUILD] Cannot boot from Win XP.


> Hi everyone:
> I've P4 system running Win XP Home Edition. For some reason, I could not
get get pass the boot up sequence. After I turn on my computer, it said that
"Searching for boot record from floppy not found." Then go on to said that
"Searching for boot record from CDROM not found", and lastly "Search for
boot record from SCSC not found."
> How do I go about getting the system to boot up properly without reinstall
Win XP? Any help would greatly appreciate.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> John.
>
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