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.