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Hard disk problem

5 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/hard-disk-problem.171363/

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chanmkr Original post #1
Mar 11, 2013 at 4:40 PM
I have following spec computer
intel core 2 dual cpu +Gigabyte g41 motherboard 2 gb ram 160mb hdd dvd drive
one fine day machine does not boot giving error boot disk failure So i check in bios no hdd was getting detected tried chaning cable I thought that hdd was giving problem so i brought new 500 gb seagate sata hdd while installing winxp it was working ok and xp instollation was over but after some time same error come while rebooting ( disk boot failure) comes i tried changing smps but same result i had tried new hdd on another machine it working ok but when i connect to my pc it does not boot sometimes it is getting detected & sometimes does not detect but dvd which is sata i getting detected
please tell how machine can be started
Thanks in Advanced
harshilsharma63
Mar 11, 2013 at 4:51 PM
Try using some other computer's hard disk in your system, if that does not works, I think you should RMA the motherboard.
Myth
Myth #3
Mar 11, 2013 at 5:21 PM
System specs please.
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chanmkr #4
Mar 13, 2013 at 4:21 PM
System specs please.
intel core 2 dual cpu +Gigabyte g41 motherboard 2 gb ram wd160mb hdd dvd drive

Other hard disk work on machine