Disk Configuration Error

Data saved in your hard drive becomes inaccessible after a disk configuration error message appears. In such situations, if no backup is available or backup fails to restore required data, then you need to use advanced data recovery software. Few disk configuration error messages that might occur are:

Error Message: No Fixed Disk Present

Reasons:

Connecting the pin setting to "Master"

BIOS could not locate a hard drive that can launch an Operating System

Damaged hard drive

Error Message: Error reading fixed disk

Reasons:

Hard drive not setup properly in CMOS

Hard drive not connected

Bad hard drive

Error Message: Non-System disk or disk error, Replace and strike any key when ready Reasons:

Reasons:

Start device (such as a floppy disk drive, hard disk drive, or CD-ROM drive) does not contain boot files.

Floppy disk inserted at boot

Corrupted hard drive

Error Message: No ROM Basic

Reasons:

No active partition has been defined in disk

Hard disk drive not setup properly

Hard disk drive is bad

Error Message: Disk Boot Error, Replace and Strike Key to Retry

Reasons:

Primary partition is not active

Floppy controllers are enabled

Incorrect BIOS settings

Error Message: ISK BOOT FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER

Reasons:

Hard drive not listed as one of the boot devices in BIOS

Damaged hard drive

Floppy disk inserted at boot

Few measures after Data Configuration error:

Check the BIOS settings

Remove floppy disk

List Hard drive as one of the boot devices

Reconnect the hard drive

However, if all the above measures fail to resolve the disk configuration error and your data still remains inaccessible, then use Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery software. This is an advanced and easy to use data recovery application that recovers data after all the above disk configuration error messages. Compatible with Windows 7 RC1, Vista, XP, 2003 and 2000, this non-destructive data recovery application supports various features like disk imaging, disk cloning, email recovery, photo recovery and more. Built with highly graphical user-interface, the software recovers data from deleted, damaged, or formatted FAT, FAT16, FAT32, NTFS and NTFS5 hard drive partitions.