"No disc in drive" on boot up?

[Don]

Have Sony PC with XP home; has been okay until yesterday
when I suddenly get an error when booting up:
"There is no disk in the drive. Please insert a disk into
drive\Device\Harddisk\DR4."
Can anyone tell me what causes this? When i click one of
the buttons it goes on to loading XP but if I
click "continue" it just repeats the error message.
Thanks in advance for your help. Don

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi Don,

Could you please post back with a brief description of your system, and any
recent changes/installations you have made?

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org

"Don" > wrote in message
...
> Have Sony PC with XP home; has been okay until yesterday
> when I suddenly get an error when booting up:
> "There is no disk in the drive. Please insert a disk into
> drive\Device\Harddisk\DR4."
> Can anyone tell me what causes this? When i click one of
> the buttons it goes on to loading XP but if I
> click "continue" it just repeats the error message.
> Thanks in advance for your help. Don

[Don]

My system is a Sony VAIO with 512MB and using XP Home;
the only program I have installed recently was Zone Alarm
Pro4, and I did not have any problems after installing
it. Problem just came up yesterday and again today. I do
not know enough about computers to know what else to say;
could it be a problem with the PC itself? Thanks for
your reponse, I need all the help I can get. Don
>-----Original Message-----
>Hi Don,
>
>Could you please post back with a brief description of
your system, and any
>recent changes/installations you have made?
>
>--
>Best of Luck,
>
>Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
>Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!
>http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
>www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org
>
>"Don" > wrote in
message
...
>> Have Sony PC with XP home; has been okay until
yesterday
>> when I suddenly get an error when booting up:
>> "There is no disk in the drive. Please insert a disk
into
>> drive\Device\Harddisk\DR4."
>> Can anyone tell me what causes this? When i click one
of
>> the buttons it goes on to loading XP but if I
>> click "continue" it just repeats the error message.
>> Thanks in advance for your help. Don
>
>
>.
>

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi Don,

What I was looking for was a description of your system - what sort of
drives and how they are connected. Have you added any hardware to this
system since you purchased it? Your error message sounds like it is looking
for a boot drive on a controller card. Have you made any BIOS settings
changes?

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org

"Don" > wrote in message
...
> My system is a Sony VAIO with 512MB and using XP Home;
> the only program I have installed recently was Zone Alarm
> Pro4, and I did not have any problems after installing
> it. Problem just came up yesterday and again today. I do
> not know enough about computers to know what else to say;
> could it be a problem with the PC itself? Thanks for
> your reponse, I need all the help I can get. Don
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Hi Don,
> >
> >Could you please post back with a brief description of
> your system, and any
> >recent changes/installations you have made?
> >
> >--
> >Best of Luck,
> >
> >Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
> >Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!
> >http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> >Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
> >www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> >Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org
> >
> >"Don" > wrote in
> message
> ...
> >> Have Sony PC with XP home; has been okay until
> yesterday
> >> when I suddenly get an error when booting up:
> >> "There is no disk in the drive. Please insert a disk
> into
> >> drive\Device\Harddisk\DR4."
> >> Can anyone tell me what causes this? When i click one
> of
> >> the buttons it goes on to loading XP but if I
> >> click "continue" it just repeats the error message.
> >> Thanks in advance for your help. Don
> >
> >
> >.
> >

>-----Original Message-----
Thanks Rick, My Sony VAIO is only a few months old and
has the hard drive partitioned into two drives. I have
not make any changes (don't really know how to) to any of
the hardware. There is a 3.5" floppy drive and two CD-
ROM drives, one is CD-R. Everything is just as it
arrived. My Printer is connected by a USB port and it
has been working all along. Everything else is pretty
standard, the monitor and speakers are plugged in just as
they were the day I set it up about six months ago. This
error message just suddenly appeared, and it is still
coming up; it goes away after I click on Cancel a couple
of times. Do you think I should try to contact SONY? I
have not had any contact with them yet, and hoped I would
not have any problems to take to them. Your assistance
is sincerely appreciated. Don
>Hi Don,
>
>What I was looking for was a description of your system -
what sort of
>drives and how they are connected. Have you added any
hardware to this
>system since you purchased it? Your error message sounds
like it is looking
>for a boot drive on a controller card. Have you made any
BIOS settings
>changes?
>
>--
>Best of Luck,
>
>Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
>Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!
>http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
>www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org
>
>"Don" > wrote in
message
...
>> My system is a Sony VAIO with 512MB and using XP
Home;
>> the only program I have installed recently was Zone
Alarm
>> Pro4, and I did not have any problems after installing
>> it. Problem just came up yesterday and again today. I
do
>> not know enough about computers to know what else to
say;
>> could it be a problem with the PC itself? Thanks for
>> your reponse, I need all the help I can get. Don
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >Hi Don,
>> >
>> >Could you please post back with a brief description of
>> your system, and any
>> >recent changes/installations you have made?
>> >
>> >--
>> >Best of Luck,
>> >
>> >Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
>> >Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!
>> >http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>> >Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
>> >www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>> >Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org
>> >
>> >"Don" > wrote in
>> message
>> ...
>> >> Have Sony PC with XP home; has been okay until
>> yesterday
>> >> when I suddenly get an error when booting up:
>> >> "There is no disk in the drive. Please insert a disk
>> into
>> >> drive\Device\Harddisk\DR4."
>> >> Can anyone tell me what causes this? When i click
one
>> of
>> >> the buttons it goes on to loading XP but if I
>> >> click "continue" it just repeats the error message.
>> >> Thanks in advance for your help. Don
>> >
>> >
>> >.
>> >
>
>
>.
>

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

Well, before you contact Sony, I'd try to figure out if it's something
loading at boot.

How to Troubleshoot By Using the Msconfig Utility in Windows XP [Q310560]
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=310560

HOW TO: Perform Advanced Clean-Boot Troubleshooting in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=316434

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org

> wrote in message
...
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> Thanks Rick, My Sony VAIO is only a few months old and
> has the hard drive partitioned into two drives. I have
> not make any changes (don't really know how to) to any of
> the hardware. There is a 3.5" floppy drive and two CD-
> ROM drives, one is CD-R. Everything is just as it
> arrived. My Printer is connected by a USB port and it
> has been working all along. Everything else is pretty
> standard, the monitor and speakers are plugged in just as
> they were the day I set it up about six months ago. This
> error message just suddenly appeared, and it is still
> coming up; it goes away after I click on Cancel a couple
> of times. Do you think I should try to contact SONY? I
> have not had any contact with them yet, and hoped I would
> not have any problems to take to them. Your assistance
> is sincerely appreciated. Don
> >Hi Don,
> >
> >What I was looking for was a description of your system -
> what sort of
> >drives and how they are connected. Have you added any
> hardware to this
> >system since you purchased it? Your error message sounds
> like it is looking
> >for a boot drive on a controller card. Have you made any
> BIOS settings
> >changes?
> >
> >--
> >Best of Luck,
> >
> >Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
> >Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!
> >http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> >Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
> >www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> >Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org
> >
> >"Don" > wrote in
> message
> ...
> >> My system is a Sony VAIO with 512MB and using XP
> Home;
> >> the only program I have installed recently was Zone
> Alarm
> >> Pro4, and I did not have any problems after installing
> >> it. Problem just came up yesterday and again today. I
> do
> >> not know enough about computers to know what else to
> say;
> >> could it be a problem with the PC itself? Thanks for
> >> your reponse, I need all the help I can get. Don
> >> >-----Original Message-----
> >> >Hi Don,
> >> >
> >> >Could you please post back with a brief description of
> >> your system, and any
> >> >recent changes/installations you have made?
> >> >
> >> >--
> >> >Best of Luck,
> >> >
> >> >Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
> >> >Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!
> >> >http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> >> >Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
> >> >www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> >> >Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org
> >> >
> >> >"Don" > wrote in
> >> message
> >> ...
> >> >> Have Sony PC with XP home; has been okay until
> >> yesterday
> >> >> when I suddenly get an error when booting up:
> >> >> "There is no disk in the drive. Please insert a disk
> >> into
> >> >> drive\Device\Harddisk\DR4."
> >> >> Can anyone tell me what causes this? When i click
> one
> >> of
> >> >> the buttons it goes on to loading XP but if I
> >> >> click "continue" it just repeats the error message.
> >> >> Thanks in advance for your help. Don
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >.
> >> >
> >
> >
> >.
> >

Rick, Thanks very much for your suggestions, I will give
them a try. In talking to one of my former students
yesterday he gave me a clue that may be the problem. I
bought an Iomega USB pen drive for my brother, and just
put it on my PC to try it out; it seems the PC may now be
looking for that item, so I will have to see if I can
find a way to remove whatever it is looking for. I
really do appreciate your efforts to help; I am learning
a lot from reading posts on this newsgroup. Don
>-----Original Message-----
>Hi,
>
>Well, before you contact Sony, I'd try to figure out if
it's something
>loading at boot.
>
>How to Troubleshoot By Using the Msconfig Utility in
Windows XP [Q310560]
>http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=310560
>
>HOW TO: Perform Advanced Clean-Boot Troubleshooting in
Windows XP
>http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=316434
>
>--
>Best of Luck,
>
>Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
>Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!
>http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
>www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org
>
> wrote in message
...
>>
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> Thanks Rick, My Sony VAIO is only a few months old and
>> has the hard drive partitioned into two drives. I have
>> not make any changes (don't really know how to) to any
of
>> the hardware. There is a 3.5" floppy drive and two CD-
>> ROM drives, one is CD-R. Everything is just as it
>> arrived. My Printer is connected by a USB port and it
>> has been working all along. Everything else is pretty
>> standard, the monitor and speakers are plugged in just
as
>> they were the day I set it up about six months ago.
This
>> error message just suddenly appeared, and it is still
>> coming up; it goes away after I click on Cancel a
couple
>> of times. Do you think I should try to contact SONY?
I
>> have not had any contact with them yet, and hoped I
would
>> not have any problems to take to them. Your assistance
>> is sincerely appreciated. Don
>> >Hi Don,
>> >
>> >What I was looking for was a description of your
system -
>> what sort of
>> >drives and how they are connected. Have you added any
>> hardware to this
>> >system since you purchased it? Your error message
sounds
>> like it is looking
>> >for a boot drive on a controller card. Have you made
any
>> BIOS settings
>> >changes?
>> >
>> >--
>> >Best of Luck,
>> >
>> >Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
>> >Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!
>> >http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>> >Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
>> >www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>> >Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org
>> >
>> >"Don" > wrote in
>> message
>> ...
>> >> My system is a Sony VAIO with 512MB and using XP
>> Home;
>> >> the only program I have installed recently was Zone
>> Alarm
>> >> Pro4, and I did not have any problems after
installing
>> >> it. Problem just came up yesterday and again
today. I
>> do
>> >> not know enough about computers to know what else to
>> say;
>> >> could it be a problem with the PC itself? Thanks
for
>> >> your reponse, I need all the help I can get. Don
>> >> >-----Original Message-----
>> >> >Hi Don,
>> >> >
>> >> >Could you please post back with a brief
description of
>> >> your system, and any
>> >> >recent changes/installations you have made?
>> >> >
>> >> >--
>> >> >Best of Luck,
>> >> >
>> >> >Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
>> >> >Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other
hobby!
>> >> >http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>> >> >Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
>> >> >www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>> >> >Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org
>> >> >
>> >> >"Don" > wrote
in
>> >> message
>> >> ...
>> >> >> Have Sony PC with XP home; has been okay until
>> >> yesterday
>> >> >> when I suddenly get an error when booting up:
>> >> >> "There is no disk in the drive. Please insert a
disk
>> >> into
>> >> >> drive\Device\Harddisk\DR4."
>> >> >> Can anyone tell me what causes this? When i
click
>> one
>> >> of
>> >> >> the buttons it goes on to loading XP but if I
>> >> >> click "continue" it just repeats the error
message.
>> >> >> Thanks in advance for your help. Don
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >.
>> >> >
>> >
>> >
>> >.
>> >
>
>
>.
>