Longtime subscriber Stephen wrote with a question since he had recently shifted from WinXP to Windows 7: Seasons greetings Terry I did have my data saved on a second drive on my old XP box and followed a good backup procedure Now I have a new computer running Win7 I was told to have this [...]
Hard Disk Boot Error Message – Boot disk failure, insert system disk and press enter
Subscriber Raman Champaneri wrote about a hard drive problem that he was experiencing: I have a PC with Pentium 4 and Windows7. I get the following message: Boot disk failure, insert system disk and press enter. This happens from time to time. I turn the computer off and on a few times and it starts [...]
Master Disk HDD SMART Capability Disabled
Recently, long-time subscriber Tom Sosna wrote with an unusual problem. Dear Terry, I am an avid reader of your newsletter and look forward to its weekly arrival. I have learned a great deal from it, but unfortunately I may still do some dumb things. A few days ago I downloaded the materials from the self [...]
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