Exclamation Mark Next to Boot From CD Option in My Computer BIOS

Exclamation Mark Next to Boot From CD Option in My Computer BIOS I have an HP pavilion. I don’t have the original CD ROM installed. I have a third party CD rom installed. I am trying to format it, but the bios has a Exclamation Marknext to boot from CD option. This seems to be a pretty common occurrence. Some people see anexclamation mark next to CD-ROM drives like shown in the screenshot below, while other see an exclamation mark next to an actual hard drive. It could be any device. Some people install operating systems and everything goes well, but cannot boot to the hard drive where the operating system is on. This...

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No Hard Disk Error When Installing Windows XP After Vista or Seven

No Hard Disk Error When Installing Windows XP After Vista or Seven If you are installing Windows XP after your machine has already had Windows Vista or Windows Seven, you will most likely get the “No hard disk error”. Many people still love Windows XP and just cannot get used to the newer operating systems from Microsoft. The “no hard disk drive” error usually occurs when your laptop or desktop computer is too modern for Windows XP. This older operating system does not come equipped with fancy drivers to run newer type hardware as this hardware was probably not even invented at the time of the Windows XP release. The most common...

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How to Repair Corrupt MFT and Recover Your Data

How to Repair Corrupt MFT and Recover Your Data Windows XP uses NTFS file system to store and organize data saved on its multiple logical partitions. Thus, to maintain the records of each and every file or folder saved on the NTFS volume it uses a relational database which is termed as Master File Table (MFT). Therefore, when a new file is added to NTFS file system volume, the entries related to it are added to MFT itself and thus, MFT increases in size. On the contrary when a file is deleted from the NTFS volume then its MFT entry is marked as free or reused. Hence, any corruption to MFT may make your system unbootable and thus create inaccessibility of data. In such situations of valuable data loss, backups work as a boon but in the unavailability of proper backup, third-party...

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Windows Does Not Start at All

Windows Does Not Start at All I am a big Microsoft Windows fan but when windows does not start at all this can be a nightmare for any computer user, experienced or not. Now days we are all lacking in patience and want things to just work, but unfortunately these problems just happen when you least expect it. Also please note that not all problems are caused by Windows itself as other programs or files on your computer can still cause Windows to not start at all. When Windows does not start at all for me, the first thing I do is stop and think. I never rush into anything as this may cause more problems. I try to remember what...

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