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836345	2009-12-04 03:31:00	Hey all. Recently my computer has been taking awhile to get past the XP welcome screen, and sometimes when I start it back up from hibernate my monitor stays on idle (like there is nothing to display) even though the computer powers back up. Last night I turned my PC on from being completely off and I received a nasty "Disk boot error please insert system disk and press enter." I have had this problem before so I ran system restore in safe mode, but it didn't fix a thing. Then I went into the "R" option of the Windows XP disk setup enting fixmdr and fixboot and that did nothing either. The weird thing is, when I use the XP CD to boot it works fine, as well as through safe mode, choosing the Last Known Good Config, or just selecting the master drive to boot from. But when I just let it run a normal start up I get the error. Specs: XP SP2 AMD 3.2ghz dual core 3mb Corsair ddr2 Ram 500gb Seagate Barracuda x2 80gb Seagate 20gb Seagate Nvidia Geforce 8800 512mb Need any more info let me know. Cheers	m3dic (14437)
836346	2009-12-04 03:37:00	Make sure its booting from the right hdd (the one with Windows on it is the bootdisk, in the BIOS). Since, you've got 3 hdd's in the case	Speedy Gonzales (78)
836347	2009-12-04 03:52:00	Make sure its booting from the right hdd (the one with Windows on it is the bootdisk, in the BIOS). Since, you've got 3 hdd's in the case It's booting from my Master IDE drive which is the 80gb. Which I know for certain is the OS drive.	m3dic (14437)
836348	2009-12-04 03:55:00	The only other thing it maybe then, is if its connected to a molex adapter, they can come out and lose contact. Which is why that error will appear. But is the bootdisk in the BIOS set to the 80 GB? If its set to one of the other 2 hdd's, you'll also get that error message	Speedy Gonzales (78)
836349	2009-12-04 04:02:00	The only other thing it maybe then, is if its connected to a molex adapter, they can come out and lose contact. Which is why that error will appear. That would be the power cable of the IDE drives yes? But is the bootdisk in the BIOS set to the 80 GB? If its set to one of the other 2 hdd's, you'll also get that error message What do you mean setting the bootdisk? As in where it boots from first?	m3dic (14437)
836350	2009-12-04 04:07:00	That would be the power cable of the IDE drives yes? Correct the power, where its connected to the PSU What do you mean setting the bootdisk? As in where it boots from first? Thats it, if you've got more than 1 bootable device (it doesnt matter what it is, it could be a hdd or usb flash drive). If you put more than 1 hdd in the case, the boot order can change too. And if the boot disk in the BIOS is on a hdd that isnt bootable / doesnt have an OS on it, you'll see the message youre seeing	Speedy Gonzales (78)
836351	2009-12-04 04:08:00	Hey man, long time no see. :cool: As Speedy has said, generally the only reasons this happens are the boot order is wrong in the BIOS (checked that), there is a problem with the IDE controller on the mobo (very unlikely) or there is a cabling problem. (eg molex plug loose). When it happens, it would be interesting to see if the drive is actually spinning, you should be able to tell by holding a finger on it, you can feel the vibrations. If all that's been checked, then I would be a little suspicious of the hard drive, especially if things have been getting slow for a while. I would grab an ultimate boot cd (www.ultimatebootcd.com) and run a diagnostic on the drive.	wratterus (105)
836352	2009-12-04 04:21:00	Hey man, long time no see. :cool: As Speedy has said, generally the only reasons this happens are the boot order is wrong in the BIOS (checked that), there is a problem with the IDE controller on the mobo (very unlikely) or there is a cabling problem. (eg molex plug loose). When it happens, it would be interesting to see if the drive is actually spinning, you should be able to tell by holding a finger on it, you can feel the vibrations. If all that's been checked, then I would be a little suspicious of the hard drive, especially if things have been getting slow for a while. I would grab an ultimate boot cd (www.ultimatebootcd.com) and run a diagnostic on the drive. Hey mate! Thanks to Speedy it worked. I changed the boot order of my drives. For some reason my SATA drives were booting first. Odd as.	m3dic (14437)
836353	2009-12-04 04:25:00	Sweet, it would have changed, if you installed the SATA or the other hdd after you installed the 80 GB. It can happen	Speedy Gonzales (78)
836354	2009-12-04 04:39:00	Sweet, it would have changed, if you installed the SATA or the other hdd after you installed the 80 GB. It can happen Right. Thanks again. It's puzzling how the SATA drives have been there for almost a year and it never seemed to matter until today.	m3dic (14437)
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