My PC's gotten completely broken, and I can't seem to make it reformat.

Computer Forum CPU, Motherboards and Memory
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During the installation of an “Important Update”, the power went out. This obviously resulted in the PC getting so utterly broken that it won’t even start up. During the booting-process, I get an error message telling me it couldn’t start “Boot Manager”, or something,. (I can’t remember the exact words.) I’m assuming some incredibly important file has gotten corrupt, so I chose to bite the bullet and reformat.

So with some help from a friend on the phone, I manage to find my way into some BIOS-settings that apparently makes the PC prioritize the CD-ROM during startup instead of whatever the heck it was currently prioritizing. (I put the other settings on “Disabled”.)

But now, I get a new error message: “Disk Boot Failure. Insert System Disk And Press Enter”.

Now what? Does it mean the CD-ROM is also screwing about? I’ve had some problems with it before - sometimes the computer doesn’t notice I have a CD/DVD in the drive until I open-and-close it a few times, plus videos tend to hang up a bit - could this be the source of the problem?

Please help. I feel my panic growing stronger by the second.

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You need to have the computer boot from cd first,you have to go into your bio’s and under boot options, make Cd/dvd boot first.. Now your problem is with your hard drive, when the power went out , It damage a spot on your hard drive.. You will need to run scan/disk to try to fix the errors… Most disk errors are from either power surges or improper shut downs..