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On 02/25/2013 22:39, Russell Murphy wrote:
> ERROR: No boot disk has been detected or the disk has failed
Isn't this a BIOS message about a failing harddisk?

http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Desktop-Operating-Systems-e-g-Windows-8-Software-Recovery/Error-no-boot-disk-has-been-detected-or-the-disk-has-failed/td-p/1495065