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daveyp · 01-05-2008, 11:13 AM

Hi there,

I keep having problems booting to windows, when powering on the pc I get one of these three problems:

Sticks on Windows loading screen - just loads for ever and the hard drive makes no sound at all, so it doesn't appear to actually be doing anything.
Disk boot error please insert system disk and press enter
Disk Error, Press Any Key To Restart

Sometimes it successfully boots to Windows and then freezes later on, or sometimes (like now) it boots to Windows and runs fine. I've tried unplugging the cable on the hard drive and plugging it back in and that seems to make a difference so I'm thinking it's a dodgy connection. Is there anyway to test what the problem is? Could it be a Windows problem rather than a hard drive issue?

I was thinking of buying a new SATA cable to see if that's the issue but I imagine it's more likely to be the connector on the drive itself rather than the cable.

Specs:

CPU: AMD athlon 64 - 3200+ (2.0 ghz)
RAM: 1gb ddr PC3200, 512 ddr PC3200
Graphics card: GeForce 8800GTS
Hard drive: Western Digital WD3200KS 320GB SATAII 16MB Cache 7200 RPM - OEM
Motherboard: MSI RS480M2-IL
Other: Front panel card reader, audio and 2 x usb2 ports.

01-05-2008, 11:13 AM	#1 (permalink)
daveyp Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 30 OS: xp home	Problem booting to Windows Hi there, I keep having problems booting to windows, when powering on the pc I get one of these three problems: Sticks on Windows loading screen - just loads for ever and the hard drive makes no sound at all, so it doesn't appear to actually be doing anything. Disk boot error please insert system disk and press enter Disk Error, Press Any Key To Restart Sometimes it successfully boots to Windows and then freezes later on, or sometimes (like now) it boots to Windows and runs fine. I've tried unplugging the cable on the hard drive and plugging it back in and that seems to make a difference so I'm thinking it's a dodgy connection. Is there anyway to test what the problem is? Could it be a Windows problem rather than a hard drive issue? I was thinking of buying a new SATA cable to see if that's the issue but I imagine it's more likely to be the connector on the drive itself rather than the cable. Specs: CPU: AMD athlon 64 - 3200+ (2.0 ghz) RAM: 1gb ddr PC3200, 512 ddr PC3200 Graphics card: GeForce 8800GTS Hard drive: Western Digital WD3200KS 320GB SATAII 16MB Cache 7200 RPM - OEM Motherboard: MSI RS480M2-IL Other: Front panel card reader, audio and 2 x usb2 ports.