Boot Disk Failure

[StalinQAA]

I have 2 problems
1) Whin I try to boot sometimes it shows 'BOOT DISK FAILURE' If i restart it again sometimes it work fine what is the problem

is this the problem with the cabel or with my hard disk
When i installed HDDlife it shows 100% for SAMSUNG SV4012H (Master) and only 70% for SAMSUNG SP0411N (Slave) and the error

mostly occurs in SAMSUNG SP0411N (Slave).

2) Windows Xp in SAMSUNG SV4012H (Master) does not reads DVD disk but all other oprating Systems read even Windows Xp in

SAMSUNG SP0411N (Slave). How could I solve this.


Processor(s)
Model : Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 1.70GHz
Speed : 1.72GHz
Performance Rating : PR1888 (estimated)
L2 On-board Cache : 256kB ECC synchronous ATC
Memory 256 Mb RAM

Mainboard and BIOS
Bus(es) : AGP PCI USB
MP Support : No
System BIOS : Award Software, Inc. ASUS P4S133-VM /WOL ACPI BIOS Revision 1004
Mainboard : ASUSTeK Computer INC. P4S133VM
System Chipset : ASUSTeK Computer Inc SiS650 CPU to PCI Bridge
Front Side Bus Speed : 4x 101MHz (404MHz data rate)
Installed Memory : 224MB SDRAM

Video System
Monitor/Panel : Samsung SyncMaster 550v
Adapter : SiS 650_651_M650_M652_740

Physical Storage Devices
Removable Drive : Floppy disk drive
Disk Drive : SAMSUNG SP0411N (Slave)
Disk Drive : SAMSUNG SV4012H (Master)
CD-ROM/DVD : SONY CD-RW CRX195E1
CD-ROM/DVD : SONY CD-RW CRX320EE


Peripherals
Serial/Parallel Port(s) : 3 COM / 1 LPT
USB Controller/Hub : SiS 7001 PCI to USB Open Host Controller
USB Controller/Hub : SiS 7001 PCI to USB Open Host Controller
USB Controller/Hub : USB Root Hub
USB Controller/Hub : USB Root Hub
USB Controller/Hub : Generic USB Hub
Keyboard : Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard
Mouse : Logitech PS/2 Port Mouse

MultiMedia Device(s)
Device : Standard Game Port
Device : SiS 7012 Audio Driver

Operating System(s)
1) SAMSUNG SP0411N (Slave)
Windows System : Microsoft Windows XP Professional Ver 5.01.2600 Service Pack 2

0) SAMSUNG SV4012H (Master)
Windows System : Microsoft Windows XP Professional Ver 5.01.2600 Service Pack 2
Linux System : Fedora Core 4

Network Adapter(s)
Networking Installed : Yes
Adapter : Realtek RTL8139 Family PCI Fast Ethernet NIC

[ishaan]

for the boot disk error, maybe ur slave HDD has some bad sectors

and for the dvd problem, maybe a dvd decoder is not installed in dat o/s....dload and install one...u can find it for free in the klite codec pack

[champ_rock]

i think....... that maybe the boot sector has been damaged by some virus.... format ur comp and then see

[yrana2002]

It seems to me that your hard disk is on its way out. Try going to the BiOs setup and check to see if the post recognizes your hard disks or not the next time an error like this occurs.
You can check it by going to the option of changing the boot sequence.

Can you tell me what error message you get besides the message indicated? Any beeps? Blue screen crashes while running windows?