Hey....
Im new....Just need 2 now what to do with my pc.....
I had a dell pc, it was a pentium 4 and i upgraded too a dual core 1.6 gigabyte motherboard. I still have my same hard drive and dvd writer. I reloaded windows on my pc....
Then after a week, my pc started to ask, just before my pc loads windows..."insert system boot disc".
It started to load after a few times i restarted my pc but now it doesnt want to work at all ....
Does anybody have any suggestions?????PLEASE....????

Welcome, PC crave, to our forum.

The most likely problem is your hard drive has given up. It sounds like the platters weren't spinning up until after a few restarts, but now they have completely stuck. Try listening for the drive to make sounds like a small motor spinning, or if you have the drive removed and plugged in, it will feel a bit like a gyroscope when you try to move it gently.

I have started up stuck drives with a sharp back and forth spinning action which will loosen up the platters and start them spinning. Once, a neighbor brought his system over with the same problem, and I had to open the drive and break the platters loose manually, but was able to get the drive up and going and copy it over via a USB adapter to my hard drive, then copy it back onto a good drive, which restored his system to normal functionality again.

Thanx alot ill try and c if it works!!!!!!!...........

Ive checked my hard drives and they r spinning! .......Dont u maybe think it could be a curupt file on the hard drive it self or maybe that the start up drivers of windows lost or that windows maybe infected with an virus????