"mac" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in news:6f2201c42f9f
$03d0d620$a601280a@phx.gbl:

It means that the system cannot find a harddisk. Is it well-configured in
the BIOS?. Maybe the battery is empty.

Did it happen suddenly? Have you added a second drive? Check master-slave
jumpers, check cable. Try second IDE bus.

Maybe your drive died. Can you check it in another computer?

Isaac

That sounds like a hardware failure.  You could try booting to safe mode and
removing the hard disk controller in Device manager.   Windows will install
a replacement driver when you next boot (have your installation CD ready).
That might fix it, but it won't help if it really is a controller failure.