boot disk failure ??????????

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hi im sorry if this thread has been covered somewhere else but im at my
wits end.

i currently have

asus motherboard a7v8v-mx
2.4 chip
256 memory
14 gig harddrive (yes i know its small)
128 graphics

now everything worked fine before and now it dont

when booting the machine windows xp home dont boot on its own

i get boot disk failure insert system disk and press enter if i put the
xp disk in cdrom it boots fine ( hence me here now)

i have spent all day on this without much success

i know that its the harddrive, the bios shows it there and my boot
sequence is as it should in the bios, the drive is set to master as i
believe it should be
i have even done a fresh install of xp and had the tower in bits and
put back together to check all i can think of cables and such

the xp is on one partion but just seems to be missing something???????

even when i installed xp when it comes to reboot itself in the setup it
dont boot properly

any ideas or help would be most help full thx
alot.....................
i wait for your replys with HOPE


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huskydo

 

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http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/win_xp_rec.htm
you need to run fixboot to write the bootsector
you need to run fixmbr to write the master boot record
You need to run bootcfg /rebuild to create a new boot.ini file.

The website explains the "Recovery Console" of XP and how to access it.It
also has a list of commands.
peterk
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"huskydo" <huskydo.1v2d1n@pcbanter.net> wrote in message
news:huskydo.1v2d1n@pcbanter.net...
>
> hi im sorry if this thread has been covered somewhere else but im at my
> wits end.
>
> i currently have
>
> asus motherboard a7v8v-mx
> 2.4 chip
> 256 memory
> 14 gig harddrive (yes i know its small)
> 128 graphics
>
> now everything worked fine before and now it dont
>
> when booting the machine windows xp home dont boot on its own
>
> i get boot disk failure insert system disk and press enter if i put the
> xp disk in cdrom it boots fine ( hence me here now)
>
> i have spent all day on this without much success
>
> i know that its the harddrive, the bios shows it there and my boot
> sequence is as it should in the bios, the drive is set to master as i
> believe it should be
> i have even done a fresh install of xp and had the tower in bits and
> put back together to check all i can think of cables and such
>
> the xp is on one partion but just seems to be missing something???????
>
> even when i installed xp when it comes to reboot itself in the setup it
> dont boot properly
>
> any ideas or help would be most help full thx
> alot.....................
> i wait for your replys with HOPE
>
>
> --
> huskydo

 

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Visit the hd manu.web site and download their hd checking utility
Possible hd failure

"huskydo" <huskydo.1v2d1n@pcbanter.net> wrote in message
news:huskydo.1v2d1n@pcbanter.net...
>
> hi im sorry if this thread has been covered somewhere else but im at my
> wits end.
>
> i currently have
>
> asus motherboard a7v8v-mx
> 2.4 chip
> 256 memory
> 14 gig harddrive (yes i know its small)
> 128 graphics
>
> now everything worked fine before and now it dont
>
> when booting the machine windows xp home dont boot on its own
>
> i get boot disk failure insert system disk and press enter if i put the
> xp disk in cdrom it boots fine ( hence me here now)
>
> i have spent all day on this without much success
>
> i know that its the harddrive, the bios shows it there and my boot
> sequence is as it should in the bios, the drive is set to master as i
> believe it should be
> i have even done a fresh install of xp and had the tower in bits and
> put back together to check all i can think of cables and such
>
> the xp is on one partion but just seems to be missing something???????
>
> even when i installed xp when it comes to reboot itself in the setup it
> dont boot properly
>
> any ideas or help would be most help full thx
> alot.....................
> i wait for your replys with HOPE
>
>
> --
> huskydo