Ars Technica

Non-System Disk or Disk Error - uh oh?

I got a Non-System Disk or Disk Error when I booted up my 2 year old Compaq notebook. After restarting about 50 times over the span of half an hour, Windows ...
Ars Technica

C: Drive "Non-system disk error"

Unfortunately, you have probably deleted your IO.SYS file. If you had deleted COMMAND.COM, you'd get a "bad or missing command interpreter" messge. Your system would boot without AUTOEXEC.BAT or ...
CCM

Disk boot failure: how to fix it for Windows Xp, 7, 10

Hard drive unplugged Open the system unit and check the power cable of the hard drive is properly connected. How to check for corrupt system files? It may be that some system files needed to boot the ...
The Spectrum

How to fix a Virtual Disk Service Error in DiskPart

Are you getting a virtual disk service error when trying to run DiskPart? This can be a very frustrating issue, but luckily it is easy to fix. In this article, I will ...