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Hard Disk Drive Boot Error (2140, 2142)



Hard Disk Drive Boot Error

A hard disk drive boot error (error codes 1996 and I999030X) can be caused by the following:

Cause    Actions
  
The start-up drive is not    Check the configuration and ensure the start-up drive
in the boot sequence in    is in the boot sequence.
configuration.
No operating system    Install an operating system on the boot drive.
installed on the
boot drive
The boot sector on the    The drive must be formatted, do the following:
start-up drive is 1. Attempt to access and recover (back-up) the
corrupted     failing hard disk drive.
  2. Using the operating systems programs, format the
      hard disk drive.
 
The drive is defective    Replace the hard disk drive.


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