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Boot Problem

5 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/boot-problem.71722/

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ojha_riddhish Original post #1
Oct 27, 2007 at 11:00 AM
Hi! Friends, my PC takes lot's of time to boot up, it spends almost 10-15 minutes to show me the XP's login screen. And again more than 5 minutes to show the desktop. In worst conditions it doesn't start at all and displays an error "Boot disk error..." before the booting process. I have got a new motherboard two months ago because of a failure in my motherboard. My warranty preiod is over so I can't send the PC to the vendor.
My configuration is :
Intel P4 3.00 GHz
512 MB DDR RAM
Western Digital 80 GB HDD
Mercury PI865D7 motherboard with Phoenix-Award BIOS
Samsung CD-RW / DVD-ROM
My PC is almost two years old. Please help someone! Any help would be appreciated because the computing experience is killing me.
sachin_kothari
sachin_kothari #2
Oct 27, 2007 at 12:31 PM
get ur PC checked my some professional...
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sashijoseph #3
Oct 27, 2007 at 3:48 PM
Check your hdd cables for loose connections etc.Swap the hdd data cable with a different one.Reset your bios to defaults.Try these and come back to us.
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ojha_riddhish #4
Nov 2, 2007 at 9:56 AM
Thanks friends! I would try to figure it out. Thanks once again
topgear
topgear #5
Nov 2, 2007 at 6:08 PM
1st properly clean your all of your hardware componets, resit everything properly & reset your cmos settings.

This prob could also be caused by moisturizer. Buy some packet of silica gel
from a chemist shop & place those packets into your cabinet. These packets will suck the moisturizer into the cabinet. When they turn pinkish replace those packets