Invalid system disk error

fatsheepfatsheep
edited December 2006 in Hardware
I'm posting this here for a friend, here is his summary of the problem:

My computer was fine this morning but when I went to boot it up I got this error message: "Invalid system disk, Replace disk then press any key". I went BIOS tried rearranging the boot order. Nothing. Then I reset the BIOS to defaults, changed boot order to CD first and booted from the Windows Installation CD. I selected elected "repair" from the CD menu, selected 1 as the installation I wanted to log onto, entered my admin pass, and got this prompt: D:\WINDOWS> ...Now what do i do?

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  • profdlpprofdlp The Holy City Of Westlake, Ohio
    edited December 2006
    I'd start by running the Quick and Full tests from the hard drive manufacturer. There's no use in running around chasing a (potential) software problem until you know that the hardware is sound.

    Good luck. :)
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