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Disk boot failure on the first boot

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by ken_shin 1 view

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Im running Win XP Pro but when first on "Disk boot failure" and pressing restart would definitely solve the problem. It happens every time the pc is on cold boot. Ive checked for bios upgrade but no available of it. Did the different boot sequence but to no avail.
If you have any idea out there that would be surely appreciated. Thanks

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by nz_justice

You could check your hdd cabels are pluged in properly.

Check your jumper settigns on your cd and hdd are correct eg master slave combo going.

If IDE, check you have the cable with the red strip pluged in on the number 1 pin in HDD and mother board.

Check power being supplied to your hdd cdrom etc..

Get the ultimate boot cd form http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/ and run the diag tools avalible too you.

by entawanabi

First Check for fuses failure, that is what it is called, you've what looks like a perfectly good fuse and it ain't; Next check to see if you have to wait a particular length of time after the on switch is engaged; darnned if I know if that is applicable or not on PC's;also see how much available chip space there is----- NO! see if you have a BASICS board failure; this is classic of the BASICS board failing!

by zaferus

New system old hard drive? Could be it goes to boot before the drive is fully spun up. You can set a delay for this in some boards, or have the board do a full POST test to give the drive time to spin up.

by mjd420nova

The hard drive is on it's way out, back it up
now, and then sit back in peace. I've got the
same thing happening with a 4GB drive that
wants to be warm to first start, and after
warmed up it likes to be cold. Backed up the
entire partition to another drive and leave it
on all the time, just waiting for the smoke
signals.

by statykserver

I agree with 1st, 3rd, and 4th posts but the 2nd one was way out there.

Check connections
Set Bios to do a full post instead of a quick post
When that has been done and the problem still persists then it's possible the hard drive is going out.

Good Luck

by ken_shin

Thanks statykserver. I did all your suggestions and it helped me. You guys are brilliant.

by hal 9000

Well I would start by downloading the HDD makers Testing Utility and running it on the HDD to see if it's working properly.

If it is you'll then need to find out what is going wrong at Boot up and like the last poster I would suggest setting your POST to the long one instead of the shortest one possible, but I think you'll find that there is a problem with the HDD.

Col

by ken_shin

Thanks for the suggestions. Somehow, it helped me to uncover some of the potentials that might cause the HDD to fail.

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