start up problems

[Frank]

I have win xp home edition. I was having a problem with
windows shuting down (and still do). It gets to
screen "saving your settings", and just stays there
forever. To try and fix that problem, I reinstalled
windows from the back up cd. Now I can't start windows
normally. When I turn the computer on it goes to a black
screen with F2 and F12 in the top right corner. It sits
there for a minute or so, and then goes to screen that says
"PRIMARY HARD DISK DRIVE 1 NOT FOUND". It also syas to
press F1 to continue, or F12 to go to the set-up screen. I
go to the set-up screen and it says that my hard number is
0? It says to use the space bar to change. When I do that,
it flips between AUTO and DISABLED (I think that's the
word). But the 0 never changes.

I've looked high and low and spent countless hours at the
windows help screens and can find no help. Even tried
other places on the net. I'm not a computer whiz and have
never done config or miscong or whatever.

I am new to this site, and don't know if I what to expect.
So thanks in advance for any advice.

Frank

[Eber]

this is some hardware problem with your hd, check it out

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> I have win xp home edition. I was having a problem with
> windows shuting down (and still do). It gets to
> screen "saving your settings", and just stays there
> forever. To try and fix that problem, I reinstalled
> windows from the back up cd. Now I can't start windows
> normally. When I turn the computer on it goes to a black
> screen with F2 and F12 in the top right corner. It sits
> there for a minute or so, and then goes to screen that says
> "PRIMARY HARD DISK DRIVE 1 NOT FOUND". It also syas to
> press F1 to continue, or F12 to go to the set-up screen. I
> go to the set-up screen and it says that my hard number is
> 0? It says to use the space bar to change. When I do that,
> it flips between AUTO and DISABLED (I think that's the
> word). But the 0 never changes.
>
> I've looked high and low and spent countless hours at the
> windows help screens and can find no help. Even tried
> other places on the net. I'm not a computer whiz and have
> never done config or miscong or whatever.
>
> I am new to this site, and don't know if I what to expect.
> So thanks in advance for any advice.
>
> Frank