Re: Can't boot off hard drive

pupdef wrote:
> I left my computer on overnight, as I usually do, and everything was
> fine, but when I got up this morning it was in a pre-boot screen. I
> tried to reboot. F10 didn't do anything, nor did F8, so I went into
> the bios to check the boot sequence and the primary boot device was
> the DVD drive, followed by removable media (USB) and then the
> network. I am not particularly computer savvy, but shouldn't the hard
> drive be in there somewhere? Did a virus do this and how can I fix it?

If there is no CD/DVD in the DVD drive, it shouldn't hang up there.

Check the drive and see if there is a CD/DVD in there and if there is
take it out.

If you can't find the hard drive in the boot sequence, it probably means
that the BIOS can't detect the hard drive. This could mean that the
hard drive has failed, but it could also mean that a data or power cable
has to be reseated. in the case of the data cable be sure to check both
the drive end and the board end. Then just to be sure try different
cables. The cable to the CD/DVD drive seems to be working try that.