Date: 10/07/07 (Computer Help)    Keywords: no keywords

This morning I turned on my computer and when it was attempting to boot, an error message came up. It said "disk boot failure insert system disk and press enter." First, I just rebooted the computer and the same message came up. I then did what it said (inserted the system disk) and it said it couldn't recognize the hard drive. So, I turned the computer off, unplugged all the cables, and opened it up. I just wanted to make sure everything looked okay and it looked just fine. So, just for kicks, I removed the cables from the drive, made sure nothing was bent, and carefully plugged the cables back in. Everything from the inside was fine. I plugged the computer back in and turned it on. From then on, it booted normally with no problems. It seemed very strange.

Now, I know that the error usually occurs when there is a problem with the boot sector. I'm just worried the problem isn't completely fixed and could come back. Are there any suggestions that I could do to permanently fix this problem? I am using Windows XP and my computer is about 3 years old. I don't want to have to spend time reformatting the hard drive again because I just did that less than 2 weeks ago. Any suggestions, would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

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