Disk Error Press any key to restart

[sxytrillian]

hi friends,

Some few months before i got an error message "A DISK READ ERROR OCCURRED " press any key to restart. I thought my hard disk gone so i bought an new Seagate 250 GB SATA hard disk and installed Windows XP SP2 with preinstalled SATA driver in it.

Installation went smoothly and XP worked well.

While using my system got freeze sometime and the mouse point do not move smoothly. Then i restarted my system now in boot screen it showed an new error message "Disk error press any key to restart"

Then i didn't switch on my system for more than two hours then i started my system now my XP starts up without any error message.

when i press ctrl+alt del the CPU usage was around 90 - 95% and in that SVCHOST process is about 99 and system idle process is always 99.

when i try to open some windows application my system got freeze and once again i got the same "DISK ERROR " message.

i have noticed that when my system freezes this error occurs.

is there any program which automatically get rid of this error please suggest me.

please help me out to solve this problem.

NOTE: i have installed new hard disk installed in my system.
my sys config are:
INTEL CORE 2 DUO processor
INTEL 945GCL motherboard
1GB DDR2 KINGSTON RAM
SEAGATE BARRACUDA 250 GB SATA HARD DISK
SONY DVD ROM

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

There are many possibilities.
Bad ram - Run memtest86 to eliminate ram
Bad PSU - Failing PSU can often masquerade as a failing HDD
Malware - Always a possibility so, run an updated virus checker or two.
Is there dust build up in the case?

 

[nineball9]

Any relevant info in the event logs?

 

[Laputa]

It's worth a shot to update the BIOS since that's free from Intel. All the other possible attempts above can be done and this can also be a cable issue. Just replace if you have a spare one available.