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There are many reasons why the computer fails to boot. Maybe the harddisk is not detected by the computer or if it was detected, the Operating System installed on it is corrupted. Now, here's how to troubleshoot this kind of problem.

1. Turn on the computer.
2. Enter the CMOS property by pressing DEL during MEMORY CHECKING or DETECTION OF DISKS installed. But there are other computers which are configured to use F1 in entering the CMOS property.
3. Select the STANDARD CMOS FEATURE option.
4. Set the IDE Primary Master/Slave and IDE Secoday Master/Slave into AUTO option and let the computer auto-detect the installed disks.
5. If you have the CD/DVD and Harddisk installed, the two component should be detected.
6. But if one of them was not detected, exit the CMOS setup, SAVE all the changes and SHUTDOWN your computer.
7. Check the JUMPER configuration of both. Configure it so that one of them will be the MASTER and other as SLAVE.
8. Then, do the steps 1 to 5 again. But if the Hardisk was still not detected, do the step 6, and Check the cables connection.
9. After that, do steps 1 to 5 again. If it was again not detected, do step 6 and try connecting it to another computer. If the problem persist, then there is something wrong with it and you must buy a new harddisk for your computer or bring it to the store where you purchased it for repair if it is still under warranty period.

Assuming that the harddisk is in good condition and is detected by the computer but still fails to boot, try pressing ENTER 5 times. If it doest still boot, then the Operating System or the OS installed on the harddisk must be corrupted. To repair, you must re-install the Operating System.

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