No ROM basic system halted error.

No ROM basic system halted error.

Fdisk is normally seen when you are working under DOS environment. If you want to set or create a new partition and you want to use NTFS, you don’t normally want to use fdisk to do this. If you seen that error when starting your computer, check if your hard drive is properly configured. I mean, if it has already a partition in it and an operating system is already installed.

Another possible reason for this error is if the partition is not active. It usually happens after creating a new partition. Normally, when creating a partition, the computer will need to restart to apply the changes and to see the new partition. But a newly created partition doesn’t mean that it is already a working partition especially if this partition is for drive C or for the system drive.

If the newly created partition is for the system drive, you need to make the partition “active” to make or allow the partition to boot. If a partition is not active and you install an operating system, the operating system or the drive will not boot. Partition for drives D, E, and so on don’t need to be set to “active” and should not be set to “active” because a computer should only have one “active” partition.

Multiple “active” partitions are only allowed if you’ll be installing multiple operating systems. Until you do this or if you don’t have plans on installing multiple Microsoft Windows, you should have only one “active” partition.