Non-System Disk

[Guest Ugly Trick]

"Non-System disk or disk error. Replace and strike any key when ready". Has

any one encountered this problem and knows how to solve it? If you have,

Please help.

 

Ugly Trick

[Guest Menno Hershberger]

Re: Non-System Disk

 

Ugly Trick <UglyTrick@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in

news:2AAB3F9C-4EB6-4C92-9013-A2139E4A273A@microsoft.com:

> "Non-System disk or disk error. Replace and strike any key when

> ready". Has any one encountered this problem and knows how to solve

> it? If you have, Please help.

 

The first thing that comes to mind is... take the floppy disk out. :-)

 

 

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--- Long live Fat32! ---

[Guest Patrick Keenan]

Re: Non-System Disk

 

 

"Ugly Trick" <UglyTrick@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:2AAB3F9C-4EB6-4C92-9013-A2139E4A273A@microsoft.com...

> "Non-System disk or disk error. Replace and strike any key when ready".

> Has

> any one encountered this problem and knows how to solve it? If you have,

> Please help.

>

> Ugly Trick

 

With desktops, this is often caused by having a floppy disk inserted at

boot. Eject the floppy.

 

Otherwise, some more information would be helpful.

 

HTH

-pk

[Guest Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Re: Non-System Disk

 

Error message when you start your computer with a non-system disk:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/812492

 

--

Regards,

 

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]

The Winhelponline Blog http://www.winhelponline.com/blog

 

 

"Ugly Trick" <UglyTrick@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:2AAB3F9C-4EB6-4C92-9013-A2139E4A273A@microsoft.com...

> "Non-System disk or disk error. Replace and strike any key when ready".

> Has

> any one encountered this problem and knows how to solve it? If you have,

> Please help.

>

> Ugly Trick

[Guest RasVed]

RE: Non-System Disk

 

> "Non-System disk or disk error. Replace and strike any key when ready". Has

> any one encountered this problem and knows how to solve it? If you have,

> Please help.

 

As others have stated: You try to start your computer from a non-system disk.

 

Years back it would always be a floppy-disk you have missed in the drive.

Nowadys you should also check if you have a CD/DVD in the drive, a usb-stick,

a camera or other usb-devices attached, which might have a boot partition.

 

Most USB-devices don't have a bootable partition (printers, scanners, ....

is no problem), but to solve the problem try to detach your usb-devices

one-by-one, to find the "guilty" device.

 

Good luck.

[Guest Ugly Trick]

RE: Non-System Disk

 

 

 

"Ugly Trick" wrote:

> "Non-System disk or disk error. Replace and strike any key when ready". There is no floppy disk in the machine, no CD in the machine and nothing externally attached to the machine. Has any one encountered this problem and knows how to solve it? If you have, Please help.

>

> Ugly Trick

[Guest Malke]

RE: Non-System Disk

 

Ugly Trick wrote:

>

>

> "Ugly Trick" wrote:

>

>> "Non-System disk or disk error. Replace and strike any key when ready".

>> There is no floppy disk in the machine, no CD in the machine and nothing

>> externally attached to the machine. Has any one encountered this problem

>> and knows how to solve it? If you have, Please help.

 

If there is no floppy or CD in the machine AND you've checked in the BIOS to

make sure the boot priority is correct (set the hard drive first), then

there is a good possibility your hard drive has died. Run a diagnostic

utility downloaded from the hard drive mftr.

 

Malke

--

MS-MVP

Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!

FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ

[Guest Ugly Trick]

RE: Non-System Disk

 

I was in a hurry when I posted the question. I intended to include the fact

that there was no disk or no CD in the machine. I have corrected that.

 

Ugly Trick

 

"RasVed" wrote:

> > "Non-System disk or disk error. Replace and strike any key when ready". Has

> > any one encountered this problem and knows how to solve it? If you have,

> > Please help.

>

> As others have stated: You try to start your computer from a non-system disk.

>

> Years back it would always be a floppy-disk you have missed in the drive.

> Nowadys you should also check if you have a CD/DVD in the drive, a usb-stick,

> a camera or other usb-devices attached, which might have a boot partition.

>

> Most USB-devices don't have a bootable partition (printers, scanners, ....

> is no problem), but to solve the problem try to detach your usb-devices

> one-by-one, to find the "guilty" device.

>

> Good luck.

[Guest Ugly Trick]

RE: Non-System Disk

 

I was in a hurry when I posted the question. I intended to include the fact

that there was no disk or no CD in the machine. I have corrected that.

 

Ugly Trick

 

 

"RasVed" wrote:

> > "Non-System disk or disk error. Replace and strike any key when ready". Has

> > any one encountered this problem and knows how to solve it? If you have,

> > Please help.

>

> As others have stated: You try to start your computer from a non-system disk.

>

> Years back it would always be a floppy-disk you have missed in the drive.

> Nowadys you should also check if you have a CD/DVD in the drive, a usb-stick,

> a camera or other usb-devices attached, which might have a boot partition.

>

> Most USB-devices don't have a bootable partition (printers, scanners, ....

> is no problem), but to solve the problem try to detach your usb-devices

> one-by-one, to find the "guilty" device.

>

> Good luck.

[Guest Ugly Trick]

Re: Non-System Disk

 

I was in a hurry when I posted the question. I intended to include the fact

that there was no disk or no CD in the machine. I have corrected that.

 

Ugly Trick

 

 

"Menno Hershberger" wrote:

> Ugly Trick <UglyTrick@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in

> news:2AAB3F9C-4EB6-4C92-9013-A2139E4A273A@microsoft.com:

>

> > "Non-System disk or disk error. Replace and strike any key when

> > ready". Has any one encountered this problem and knows how to solve

> > it? If you have, Please help.

>

> The first thing that comes to mind is... take the floppy disk out. :-)

>

>

> --

> --- Long live Fat32! ---

>

[Guest Ugly Trick]

Re: Non-System Disk

 

I was in a hurry when I posted the question. I intended to include the fact

that there was no disk or no CD in the machine. I have corrected that.

 

Ugly Trick

 

 

"Patrick Keenan" wrote:

>

> "Ugly Trick" <UglyTrick@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:2AAB3F9C-4EB6-4C92-9013-A2139E4A273A@microsoft.com...

> > "Non-System disk or disk error. Replace and strike any key when ready".

> > Has

> > any one encountered this problem and knows how to solve it? If you have,

> > Please help.

> >

> > Ugly Trick

>

> With desktops, this is often caused by having a floppy disk inserted at

> boot. Eject the floppy.

>

> Otherwise, some more information would be helpful.

>

> HTH

> -pk

>

>

[Guest Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Re: Non-System Disk

 

 

"Ugly Trick" <UglyTrick@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:50B5CBB3-164C-4C88-90EA-F42D4D16B29F@microsoft.com...

>

>

> "Ugly Trick" wrote:

>

>> "Non-System disk or disk error. Replace and strike any key when ready".

>> There is no floppy disk in the machine, no CD in the machine and nothing

>> externally attached to the machine. Has any one encountered this problem

>> and knows how to solve it? If you have, Please help.

>>

>> Ugly Trick

 

As Malke says, your hard disk might have died or the file

system might be damaged. You can find out by booting the

machine with a WinXP boot diskette. Here is how to make

one:

- Format a floppy disk on some WinXP PC.

- Copy these files from the i386 folder of your WinXP installation

CD to A:\

ntldr

ntdetect.com

- Create a file a:\boot.ini with these lines inside:

[boot loader]

timeout=5

default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS

[operating systems]

multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="1 Microsoft Windows XP

Professional" /fastdetect /noexecute=optin

multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="2 Microsoft Windows XP

Professional" /fastdetect /noexecute=optin

multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS="3 Microsoft Windows XP

Professional" /fastdetect /noexecute=optin

 

Now tell your BIOS to use the floppy disk drive as its primary

boot device.

 

If you don't have a floppy disk drive then you can burn a boot CD

on a machine that does have one, using the above boot diskette as a

basis.

[Guest Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Re: Non-System Disk

 

 

"Ugly Trick" <UglyTrick@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:50B5CBB3-164C-4C88-90EA-F42D4D16B29F@microsoft.com...

>

>

> "Ugly Trick" wrote:

>

>> "Non-System disk or disk error. Replace and strike any key when ready".

>> There is no floppy disk in the machine, no CD in the machine and nothing

>> externally attached to the machine. Has any one encountered this problem

>> and knows how to solve it? If you have, Please help.

>>

>> Ugly Trick

 

By the way, there is no need to post the same reply four times.

Once will do quite nicely. You could reply to yourself if you

don't want to reply to a specific respondent.

[Guest Ugly Trick]

RE: Non-System Disk

 

Thanks. That is a very good suggestion. I will try that as soon as I figue

out which keys to press at startup.

 

Ugly Trick

 

"Malke" wrote:

> Ugly Trick wrote:

>

> >

> >

> > "Ugly Trick" wrote:

> >

> >> "Non-System disk or disk error. Replace and strike any key when ready".

> >> There is no floppy disk in the machine, no CD in the machine and nothing

> >> externally attached to the machine. Has any one encountered this problem

> >> and knows how to solve it? If you have, Please help.

>

> If there is no floppy or CD in the machine AND you've checked in the BIOS to

> make sure the boot priority is correct (set the hard drive first), then

> there is a good possibility your hard drive has died. Run a diagnostic

> utility downloaded from the hard drive mftr.

>

> Malke

> --

> MS-MVP

> Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!

> FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ

>

>

[Guest Ken Blake, MVP]

Re: Non-System Disk

 

On Mon, 11 Aug 2008 20:19:01 -0700, Ugly Trick

<UglyTrick@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> "Non-System disk or disk error. Replace and strike any key when ready". Has

> any one encountered this problem and knows how to solve it? If you have,

> Please help.

 

 

Answered in another newsgroup. Please do not send the same message

separately to more than one newsgroup (called multiposting). Doing so

just fragments the thread, so someone who answers in one newsgroup

doesn't get to see answers from others in another newsgroup. And for

those who read all the newsgroups the message is multiposted to, they

see the message multiple times instead of once (they would see it only

once if you correctly crossposted instead). This wastes everyone's

time, and gets you poorer help than you should get.

 

If you must send the same message to more than one newsgroup, please

do so by crossposting (but only to a *few* related newsgroups).

 

Please see "Multiposting vs Crossposting" at

http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm

 

--

Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience

Please Reply to the Newsgroup

[Guest Ugly Trick]

Re: Non-System Disk

 

That is a very good suggestion. I will follow your instructions and see what

happens. Thanks very much.

 

Ugly Trick

 

"Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:

>

> "Ugly Trick" <UglyTrick@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:50B5CBB3-164C-4C88-90EA-F42D4D16B29F@microsoft.com...

> >

> >

> > "Ugly Trick" wrote:

> >

> >> "Non-System disk or disk error. Replace and strike any key when ready".

> >> There is no floppy disk in the machine, no CD in the machine and nothing

> >> externally attached to the machine. Has any one encountered this problem

> >> and knows how to solve it? If you have, Please help.

> >>

> >> Ugly Trick

>

> As Malke says, your hard disk might have died or the file

> system might be damaged. You can find out by booting the

> machine with a WinXP boot diskette. Here is how to make

> one:

> - Format a floppy disk on some WinXP PC.

> - Copy these files from the i386 folder of your WinXP installation

> CD to A:\

> ntldr

> ntdetect.com

> - Create a file a:\boot.ini with these lines inside:

> [boot loader]

> timeout=5

> default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS

> [operating systems]

> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="1 Microsoft Windows XP

> Professional" /fastdetect /noexecute=optin

> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="2 Microsoft Windows XP

> Professional" /fastdetect /noexecute=optin

> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS="3 Microsoft Windows XP

> Professional" /fastdetect /noexecute=optin

>

> Now tell your BIOS to use the floppy disk drive as its primary

> boot device.

>

> If you don't have a floppy disk drive then you can burn a boot CD

> on a machine that does have one, using the above boot diskette as a

> basis.

>

>

>

[Guest Ugly Trick]

Re: Non-System Disk

 

I will not do it again. I did not know that it was going to create a problem.

 

Ugly Trick

 

"Ken Blake, MVP" wrote:

> On Mon, 11 Aug 2008 20:19:01 -0700, Ugly Trick

> <UglyTrick@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>

> > "Non-System disk or disk error. Replace and strike any key when ready". Has

> > any one encountered this problem and knows how to solve it? If you have,

> > Please help.

>

>

> Answered in another newsgroup. Please do not send the same message

> separately to more than one newsgroup (called multiposting). Doing so

> just fragments the thread, so someone who answers in one newsgroup

> doesn't get to see answers from others in another newsgroup. And for

> those who read all the newsgroups the message is multiposted to, they

> see the message multiple times instead of once (they would see it only

> once if you correctly crossposted instead). This wastes everyone's

> time, and gets you poorer help than you should get.

>

> If you must send the same message to more than one newsgroup, please

> do so by crossposting (but only to a *few* related newsgroups).

>

> Please see "Multiposting vs Crossposting" at

> http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm

>

> --

> Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience

> Please Reply to the Newsgroup

>

[Guest Lil' Dave]

Re: Non-System Disk

 

"Ugly Trick" <UglyTrick@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:2AAB3F9C-4EB6-4C92-9013-A2139E4A273A@microsoft.com...

> "Non-System disk or disk error. Replace and strike any key when ready".

> Has

> any one encountered this problem and knows how to solve it? If you have,

> Please help.

>

> Ugly Trick

 

Others have said the commonly causes of non-system disk error. This is a

bios error message.

 

Less common, the mbr points at the first primary partition that is set as

active. The mbr may have incorrectly pointed as may be corrupted. The

partition may be corrupt. The filesystem itself may be damaged. The hard

disk areas that carry that data may be iffy for reading. As a result, the

bios cannot perform a handover to the operating system.

--

Dave

[Guest Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Re: Non-System Disk

 

 

"Lil' Dave" <spamyourself@virus.net> wrote in message

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> "Ugly Trick" <UglyTrick@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:2AAB3F9C-4EB6-4C92-9013-A2139E4A273A@microsoft.com...

>> "Non-System disk or disk error. Replace and strike any key when ready".

>> Has

>> any one encountered this problem and knows how to solve it? If you have,

>> Please help.

>>

>> Ugly Trick

>

> Others have said the commonly causes of non-system disk error. This is a

> bios error message.

>

> Less common, the mbr points at the first primary partition that is set as

> active. The mbr may have incorrectly pointed as may be corrupted. The

> partition may be corrupt. The filesystem itself may be damaged. The hard

> disk areas that carry that data may be iffy for reading. As a result, the

> bios cannot perform a handover to the operating system.

> --

> Dave

 

Indeed, and booting the machine with a boot diskette/CD will immediately

confirm (or otherwise) your suspicion.

[Guest Ken Blake, MVP]

Re: Non-System Disk

 

On Tue, 12 Aug 2008 20:19:11 -0700, Ugly Trick

<UglyTrick@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> I will not do it again. I did not know that it was going to create a problem.

 

 

OK. Thanks for understanding.

 

 

 

> "Ken Blake, MVP" wrote:

>

> > On Mon, 11 Aug 2008 20:19:01 -0700, Ugly Trick

> > <UglyTrick@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> >

> > > "Non-System disk or disk error. Replace and strike any key when ready". Has

> > > any one encountered this problem and knows how to solve it? If you have,

> > > Please help.

> >

> >

> > Answered in another newsgroup. Please do not send the same message

> > separately to more than one newsgroup (called multiposting). Doing so

> > just fragments the thread, so someone who answers in one newsgroup

> > doesn't get to see answers from others in another newsgroup. And for

> > those who read all the newsgroups the message is multiposted to, they

> > see the message multiple times instead of once (they would see it only

> > once if you correctly crossposted instead). This wastes everyone's

> > time, and gets you poorer help than you should get.

> >

> > If you must send the same message to more than one newsgroup, please

> > do so by crossposting (but only to a *few* related newsgroups).

> >

> > Please see "Multiposting vs Crossposting" at

> > http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm

> >

> > --

> > Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience

> > Please Reply to the Newsgroup

> >

 

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[Guest Ugly Trick]

RE: Non-System Disk

 

Thanks everybody for your replys. I have not solve the problem yet, but I

have a good idea of how to approach the solution.

 

Ugly Trick

 

"Ugly Trick" wrote:

> "Non-System disk or disk error. Replace and strike any key when ready". Has

> any one encountered this problem and knows how to solve it? If you have,

> Please help.

>

> Ugly Trick

[Guest proposedsolution@gmail.com]

Re: Non-System Disk

 

On Aug 15, 12:11 am, Ugly Trick <UglyTr...@discussions.microsoft.com>

wrote:

> Thanks everybody for your replys. I have not solve the problem yet, but I

> have a good idea of how to approach the solution.

>

> Ugly Trick

>

> "Ugly Trick" wrote:

> > "Non-Systemdiskordiskerror. Replace and strike any key when ready". Has

> > any one encountered this problem and knows how to solve it? If you have,

> > Please help.

>

> > Ugly Trick

 

Hi ugly,

 

Try the steps on this page for Non-System Disk or Disk Error and lots

of other boot problems. One is bound to solve your issue. Let me

know if it doesn't

 

http://www.proposedsolution.com/PS0011_Windows_Boot_Problems_Troubleshooting_Guide.html

 

Cheers

 

Rosco