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December 22nd, 2009 06:00
Booting system
Since restoring system to factory settings on my Dell 5150, which resolved most problems, but since then a boot-up problem has arisen.
Boot up stops with a message ''Drive 1 not found. SerialATA, SATA-
Floppy Diskette seek failure. (Drive A disabled as no floppy 31/2 drive present)
F1 to continue F2 setup. After F1 system continues to boot.
F2 Setup reveals:- Boot Sequence On Board orUSB Floppy Drive Not Present
No 1 On board SATA Drive Not present
No 2 On Board IDE Hard Drive Not present
Drives Diskette Drive Off
Drive 0: SATA - O On (When set to Off, message reads ''No Boot Device available'')
Drive 1 : SATA - 2 On
Drive 2: PATA - O On
Drive 3: PATA - 1 On
SATA Operation 0 RAID Autodetect / ATA
I seem to have tried all variations I can think of but Boot problem remains. It seems that 'Not Present' in Boot Sequences need changing, but how?
What other settings can I change?
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Mary G
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December 22nd, 2009 06:00
Drive 0 is your boot drive, so never turn that off. If you have only one hard drive turn Drive 1 sata 2 Off. Mention your operating system if you need to post again.
blocci
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December 22nd, 2009 08:00
Thanks for the info, that has helped a lot. I apologise for not mentioning OS, but I am using Windows XP.
PC now boots OK