booting....

gallonegro · 01-17-2009, 07:50 PM

I have a compaq presario c700 ntoebook....One day it said it had a Trojan viruses and i tried to run a scan and fix it but then it went blank.... the computer now says "no bootable device-insert disk and press any key".....How can I fix this?

~~Laptoper~~ · 01-17-2009, 08:58 PM

Welcome to TSF

If there is no data on the HD you wanted saved try restore to factory settings. does the drive contain data you want off the HD?

**TriggerFinger** · 01-18-2009, 10:13 AM

Check BIOS settings for BOOT sequence/order. Make sure HDD is on the list and not disabled. Also run an HDD diagnostic to test your hard drive for errors then run CHKDSK /R using XP Recovery Console. Also try Bootcfg /rebuild, fixboot, and fixmbr.

01-17-2009, 07:50 PM	#1 (permalink)
gallonegro Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 1 OS: xp	booting.... I have a compaq presario c700 ntoebook....One day it said it had a Trojan viruses and i tried to run a scan and fix it but then it went blank.... the computer now says "no bootable device-insert disk and press any key".....How can I fix this?

01-17-2009, 08:58 PM	#2 (permalink)
~~Laptoper~~ Troubled Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 450 OS: Vista 32bit My System	Re: booting.... Welcome to TSF If there is no data on the HD you wanted saved try restore to factory settings. does the drive contain data you want off the HD?

01-18-2009, 10:13 AM	#3 (permalink)
TriggerFinger Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: USA Posts: 11,846 OS: Vista SP1, XP SP3, PCLinuxOS2007	Re: booting.... Check BIOS settings for BOOT sequence/order. Make sure HDD is on the list and not disabled. Also run an HDD diagnostic to test your hard drive for errors then run CHKDSK /R using XP Recovery Console. Also try Bootcfg /rebuild, fixboot, and fixmbr. __________________ DBAN - Memtest86+ - BartPE - Linux LiveCD - ImgBurn - HDD Diags - Disk Copy HOW TO BURN AN ISO FILE