[Lisa G]

My daughter has an Acer Aspire 5741Z Notebook and she gets an error message on start up saying no bootable device insert disc and press any key any one have any suggestions how I can fix this?

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Does the hard drive show up in BIOS Setup? If not then the hard drive is defective and needs to be replaced. If it does then you can try running chkdsk /r from the Recovery Console of a booted Windows 7 DVD.

How to run System File Checker (SFC) or chkdsk from the Recovery Console

• Boot your Vista or Windows 7 installation DVD
• When you see "Press any key to boot from CD or DVD", press Enter
• At the "Language" screen hold the "Shift" key and press the F10 key to open a Command Window
• Run SFC or chkdsk
• For sfc, type sfc /scannow and press Enter.
• For chkdsk, type chkdsk /r and press Enter.

Let this run to completion undisturbed..

Windows 7 only:
If you don't have a install DVD, you can download a legal copy here: Official Windows 7 SP1 ISO from Digital River

Make sure you get the same version you have installed: 32 or 64 bit; Home Premium, Pro or Ultimate.

[Ztruker]

Does the hard drive show up in BIOS Setup? If not then the hard drive is defective and needs to be replaced. If it does then you can try running chkdsk /r from the Recovery Console of a booted Windows 7 DVD.

How to run System File Checker (SFC) or chkdsk from the Recovery Console

• Boot your Vista or Windows 7 installation DVD
• When you see "Press any key to boot from CD or DVD", press Enter
• At the "Language" screen hold the "Shift" key and press the F10 key to open a Command Window
• Run SFC or chkdsk
• For sfc, type sfc /scannow and press Enter.
• For chkdsk, type chkdsk /r and press Enter.

Let this run to completion undisturbed..

Windows 7 only:
If you don't have a install DVD, you can download a legal copy here: Official Windows 7 SP1 ISO from Digital River

Make sure you get the same version you have installed: 32 or 64 bit; Home Premium, Pro or Ultimate.

[Ztruker]

There was some misinformation in my previous post which a fellow tech pointed out to me.

How to run System File Checker (SFC) or chkdsk from the Recovery Console

• Boot your Vista or Windows 7 installation DVD
• When you see "Press any key to boot from CD or DVD", press Enter
• At the "Install Windows" screen, click on Repair your computer at lower left
• At the System Recovery Options screen, make note of the drive letter assigned to your boot drive (normally C:) and click Next
• At the Chose a Recovery Tool window, click on Command Prompt. You will be sitting at X:\Sources directory
• Run SFC or chkdsk
• For sfc, type sfc /scannow /offbootdir=c:\ /offwindir=c:\windows and press Enter (use the letter from above)
• For chkdsk, type chkdsk c: /r and press Enter (use the letter from above).

Let either run to completion undisturbed.

Windows 7 only:
If you don't have a install DVD, you can download a legal copy here:Official Windows 7 SP1 ISO from Digital River

Make sure you get the same version you have installed: 32 or 64 bit; Home Premium, Pro or Ultimate.