desktop wont boot

[wolfbaine]

help
i switched my computor off this morning
when i switched it back on it says cannot boot
insert disc and press enter
anyone any ideas

[another-view]

Long shot but do you have a floppy disk inserted in your PC? If so, remove it and it should be ok.

[wolfbaine]

nope
nothing

[trish432]

The same thing happened with mine this morning, I just pressed the button to switch off and then switched back on and it booted in to windows ok.
I suppose you must have tried this?
I`ve never had anything like this happening before, wonderif anyone has any ideas.
There was no disc in cd drive or floppy.

[catmando]

You could try a system restore. Turn pc off; turn back on again and begin to press F8 successively. When menu appears choose safe start and then follow instructions for system restore. This may work, depending on what caused your problem. Good luck.

[MrBounty]

Do you have a USB stick in your PC?

If so, the PC could be trying to boot from there....happened to me many a time!

[ChuckFickens]

as above, but remember that a lot of cameras and phones or mp3 players are also classed as memory sticks to the computer so remove them too.

[wolfbaine]

found out what was wrong hard drive gone again

[Rollo]

Hopefully, a backed up dead hard drive!