General hard drive bootstrap failure, if not the primary boot sector or the DOS boot sector is damaged (such as virus infection), then the other symptoms are basically caused by some hard disk-related hardware failures. Software can be used to kill antivirus software boot sector virus, or with Norton, Debug, such as repair (more trouble), and hardware may be based on the information prompted after the post analysis.
1, Post completed and prompted the following error message: HDD controller failure Press F1 to Resume
When the above information, you should focus on the hard disk-related power cord, data cable interface is loose, bad contact, signal wire connection, and so on, and then check the hard disk jumper is set wrong.
2, the boot memory self-test after displaying the following information: FDD contreller fanilure HDD contreller failure Press any key to Resume
The above information is usually connected to the soft, hard disk I/O part of the contact is bad or damaged, this is more troublesome, light can also be repaired, serious bad will have to change the pieces.
3, the power-on display the following information: Drive not ready error Insert Boot diskette in A Press any key when ready ...
The above error, many of the "C:" type is not set or because of the lack of CMOS power supply, resulting in CMOS information loss caused.