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when do you get this error? What happened or did you do just before this error start to occur? Need for detail information.
As I start a laptop, shows DOS and after short period of time this message pops up on the black screen.
I could post the screen capture but looks like I am not allowed to post attachments.
First check your bios and make sure your hard drive is first in the boot order.
Make sure all cd/dvd/usb are removed
do a hard shutdown, disconnect power for about 20 seconds
shutdown disconnect power check hard drive connections
try to boot from live cd/dvd/usb
If you can boot from live media then hard drive has problems
Last edited by colorpurple21859; 09-07-2018 at 09:23 AM.
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