My PC the screen is black and just say take out the disk but I have no disk in it?
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yea check ALL the drives.\nif not, u r screwed, and might need to format ur hdd or get a new 1
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If you have your Windows 2000 installation media (CD), you can use it to (try to) recover your Windows installation, which sounds like it may be corrupted.\n\nInsert the CD in the CD-ROM drive and boot or reboot your PC.\n\nWhen it comes up select "Repair Windows Installation". I don't have it in front of me so I can't tell you what the exact key is, just read the screen carefully and it will tell you what to do.\n\nIf this procedure does not fix the problem call a tech-savvy friend or relative, your PC manufacturers hotline (like Dell, or HP, etc.) or contact a technical support service like GeekSquad or similar. Another option is to take the PC (not the monitor, keyboard, mouse, just the PC) to a local computer repair center.
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Insert ur hp restore disc and restart ur system and keep pressing 'y' once the system turns black and hold it till something appears on the screen but if u dont have a cd press F10 when u start the system it takes u to system restore.
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Check the Device Manager and make sure you have the proper drivers installed. If your PC recognizes it, (or it doesn't) and it doesn't read a known good disk, the drive is bad. Replace! You can also go to 'My Computer' and make sure Windows recognizes it there.
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It sounds like your hard drive is getting ready to go.  My suggestion is to get your system backed up, either with an external USB hard drive or a tape drive, if you're not backing it up already, because it sound like you'll need to replace your hard drive soon.  Usually when you get the black screen with reboot information on it the hard drive is having a hard time reading the boot information/operating system information from the disk.  I also would just leave the system on for the time being because next time it may not boot up at all.
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ah newbies :-)\n\nif you dont have anything valuable on your Disk, boot up your computer in Dos prompt or Comamnd Prompt or Safe made then open Command Prompt.\n\nWhen your in there run the command \n"Chkdsk" this will scan your C drive for errors.\n\nif it still doesnt work try "fdisk". Its another utility to help "seperate" them. \n\nIf your not comfortable playing around with your computer, start it up regualry, right click C: (or w/e hard drive) Properies tools, Check for Errors or something along those lines it should be under Defragmat. \n\nCheck "fix automatically" \nIt will say "its in use check disc next time the system rebbots"  click yes\n\nnow reboot, you can expect you computer to be doing this for at least an Hour.\n\ngood luck
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make sure all drives are connected properly\nset computer to boot from CD (in bios)\nboot from XP cd\nhit enter when it asks you to boot from it\nwait for it to load\nget to the setup pages, when it asks you to hit r for th recovery console, do so\n\nhit 1\ntype your administrator password\nhit enter\ntype fixmbr\nhit enter\ntype fixboot\nhit enter\ntype exit\ntake cd out\n\nif that doesn't work, your drive is bad
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there is no way to retrieve it.\njust replace the motherboard, is the only solution
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look at you device manager and if there is a ? question mark beside or inside C drive use the hardware wizard to locate it.if you have a systems check program use it and if all else reboot and see if the icon comes back on screen.if all that fails take in for repair.there are many pc geeks that can get you going in a few minutes if thats the problem but there could be others.prepare to pay some cash or check or use your plastic.
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Latch onto an external hard drive...shove all your important files in it. then basically wipe the whole damn hard drive, and reinstall the operating system. and when you do...partition your hard drive
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depends on your system : are you booting in windows? Whats happening on your system now?  What recovery options did you have on your system HDD/DISK based ?\n\nIf so you could try a recovery on your machine - but beware some systems may crash out and you may have to do a TATTOO/ EXTHS on your system\n\nNeed more info
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If you have wiped your hard drive, the computer should stop booting after the BIOS, the black screen before windows. You will have to reinstall windows. All data is ofcourse gone. However, if windows starts up at all then the disk hasnt been wiped.
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Just take out the floppy drive. Its your best bet!
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first format the disk and reinstall windows in your system
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You might want to think about reformatting your hard drive and doing a fresh install of the operating system. This is usually a last resort after all other troubleshooting is done. If the install does not work then you might be looking at a hardware problem.
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You need to BOOT from your cd - not just use it in windows.  Put it in the drive - then cancel anything that pops up - shutdown your machine leaving the CD in and then restart - watch the screen for the command to press any key to boot from CD - follow the instructions and do a windows REPAIR/REINSTALL - this will replace the missing files.  If you don't get the prompt to boot from CD then you need to go to the bios and enable the CD drive as your primary boot device.
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reinstall your operating system, i am sure its windows lol