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computer is driving me crazy. just installed new power supply and tried starting computer now im getting error saying floppy disk(s) fail (40) even tho i dont have a floppy disk in my comp.. so i press f1 to continue then another error pops up saying disk boot failure, insert system disk and press enter.. so i put in a copy of windows 7 and press enter and still same error. it wont even let me format and re-install windows... help me pleasssseee ! thanks in advance

Reply to bakajohn
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I am not sure if this is the problem, but can you get into your bios and make sure that the HDD is first to boot?

Reply to vollman1

ya i changed it to boot from hard drive and cd neither will work

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