Disk Boot Failure and Blue Screen

eddiebm · 12-22-2008, 12:05 AM

Hi,
About 2-3 weeks ago my computer started playing up, i switched it on and it came up with disk boot failure, so i restarted the computer and it started up fine.. a few days later i got a blue screen message, didn't have enough time to read it, ever since the computer starts up to disk boot failure and i restart and it works, i do that every day to use it. Today however i restarted and it was freezing, wouldn't let me into BIOS setup, or anything, but after a few restarts it worked again.. about 10minutes ago the computer came up with a blue screen as i left the room, i didn't have enough time to see it again but i had to restart again about 3 or 4 times before it worked, and when i got through the computer froze.. My specs are

Pentium 4, 3.01ghz
2 x 1gb ram.
300gb WDC WD3200 IDE hdd
150gb ST3160815a IDE hdd
2 x HL-DT-ST-DVDRAM SATA
Nvidia geforce 5200 pci-e

dai · 12-22-2008, 01:17 AM

power supply
brand
wattage

check the data cable is secure
try a new data cable

what does the bios list the line voltages and the temperatures as

12-22-2008, 12:05 AM	#1 (permalink)
eddiebm Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 1 OS: windows xp home	Disk Boot Failure and Blue Screen Hi, About 2-3 weeks ago my computer started playing up, i switched it on and it came up with disk boot failure, so i restarted the computer and it started up fine.. a few days later i got a blue screen message, didn't have enough time to read it, ever since the computer starts up to disk boot failure and i restart and it works, i do that every day to use it. Today however i restarted and it was freezing, wouldn't let me into BIOS setup, or anything, but after a few restarts it worked again.. about 10minutes ago the computer came up with a blue screen as i left the room, i didn't have enough time to see it again but i had to restart again about 3 or 4 times before it worked, and when i got through the computer froze.. My specs are Pentium 4, 3.01ghz 2 x 1gb ram. 300gb WDC WD3200 IDE hdd 150gb ST3160815a IDE hdd 2 x HL-DT-ST-DVDRAM SATA Nvidia geforce 5200 pci-e

12-22-2008, 01:17 AM	#2 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,637 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: Disk Boot Failure and Blue Screen power supply brand wattage check the data cable is secure try a new data cable what does the bios list the line voltages and the temperatures as __________________