Error on startup: "Disk boot failure, insert system disk and press enter".

Original title: start problem

My wifes at startup computer appears with the message disk boot failure insert system dicand press ENTER.

If you press on enter the computer starts with having to put in the system disk.

any ideas please.

Kim

Hi Kim,
 
-Have you done recent changes made to your computer after this problem started to happen?
 
If your computer has just been formatted, your computer might need to insert the boot CD in order to run it. So you can get the error message Disk Boot Failure-press and insert disk entry displayed on the screen whenever you try to run it. This could be related to:
  • Startup options is incorrectly set in BIOS Basic Input Output System ().
  • A non bootable CD is in your CD player
  • You don't have any boot device
  • You have installed a new hard drive
  • The hard drive is not properly connected
  • Your system files have been infected

Verify that one of these reasons may be the cause of your problem and post back with the details to help us to help you better.

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