May be a problem?

[BaZa®]

When I start up the pc I get this message..

Auto-Detecting USB Mass Storage Devices..
USB has storage devices found and configured
Pri Master Hard Disk: S.M.A.R.T.
Status BAD, Backup and replace.


Press F1 to resume.


What the feck does all that mean.

[Heritagebob]

Then what happened when you pressed it?

[BaZa®]

Originally Posted by heritagebob

Then what happened when you pressed it?

When ever I start up I have to press F1 to complete the loading. Everythings running ok. Just wondered what all that was about.

[robbiemac]

have you left one of them USB memory sticks plugged in and is the pc set to boot from C: or some other device.
It looks like the end of the message is refering to some problem with your hard drive. When the pc's up and running, give it a check with the error check option in C: right click/properties/tools/error check

[MjJack]

Also if you do have a mass storage device attatched and the PC is picking it on boot,

Your Bios settings may be set so as to look at USB/network devices first.

If its not set in the bios as a primary selection (I.E its set to detect after your HDD) it means your HDD (Hard Drive) is not working. and it thinks the USB MSD is where your boot.ini is. Remove all devices from the USB nad/or network connection and try booting again. if nothing is attatched the PC will attempt a normal boot from the HDD, if this fails, its poss you need a new HDD

[BaZa®]

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[Hawkeye]

I didn't quite have this prob but when i used my USB stick the bios thought that it should boot from this there after.

I had to go into the bios and alter the boot preferences back to where i had them before.

Normally CD, floppy, HD0. After that no probs.