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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2008
Posts: 2
OS: millennium
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"Non System Disk or disk error" on boot up
I will apologize before hand because i do not have an enormous amount of detail to include in my post.
I am running a millenium workstation Yesterday i was reviewing old "diskettes" to see which ones i could toss. I placed the diskette in the drive, reviewed its contents through My Computer and if they were files i know longer needed i would choose Edit/Select All/Delete to empty the diskette. At one point i put in a diskette and noticed a lot of application and dos files that i did not need so I highlighted all the files and hit delete. I did not hit enter. Suddenly i had about 3 or 4 active dos windows up on my desktop - i quickly went to task manager and ended all sessions of dos and terminated my session of My Computer. I noticed that one of the dos windows had a message something like "unable to locate path, can not create RAM" Unfortunately i did not write down the error so i am only going by memory. i finished what i was working on and continued using the computer as well as surfing the web. Once i was done i powered down the station. wHen i went to reboot it i get the error "non system disk or disk error Replace and strike any key". I've tried hitting F4 and F1 during the boot process but nothing happens? I have no idea what i did to cause this. I dont know why the programs on the diskette executed when all i did was highlight them and choose delete. I dont know if all i need is a start up diskette? I dont know if i erased the hard drive or what? I would very much appreciate any guidance that anyone can offer on how i can troubleshoot this and fix my problem. This was a PC that was given to my step son so i do not have a boot disk for it. |
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Join Date: Aug 2008
Posts: 865
OS: Windows 2000 SP4 and Windows XP SP3
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Re: "Non System Disk or disk error" on boot up
(To OP)
You may very well have. I know it's late and you may have reformatted and started over by now, but if not, read this post Have you "lost" a hard drive, partition or files in your computer? Testdisk may be able to recover your partition if you accidentally deleted it. P.S: My original thoughts were also you did hit enter and left the floppy in the drive, but i suppose first guesses aren't always the right ones. |
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