Will not reset to - go to request black screen F1 to retry or F2 to display the configuration of the system

Upon reboot of Windows XP-Home page, I get a black request screen F1 to retry or F2 to display the configuration of the system. The hard drive is listed as unknown device and is set to auto. I have not the drive of emergency of the operating system since the product is installed. A way around this issue or it's a crashed hard drive?

Thank you

Rogissart

Hello

I suggest you to follow the steps in this article and check if it helps:

http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/308041

It will be useful.

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