Hello everybody,
I've recently had problems with my aging desktop. Here are the specs:
Athlon 64 3200 (Socket 754)
ECS 755-A2
2 GB Kingston PC 3200
GeForce 6800 (AGP)
Windows HDD: Seagate Barracuda V (connected via IDE)
DVD-RW: Pioneer DVR-109
I have a few other HDD's connected via SATA but I've disconnected them since.
I was running Windows XP SP3. I hadn't made any hardware changes for a month (I last installed a PCI SATA card).
A week or so ago I decided to install Asian languages on my computer. I had never installed them for whatever reason so I just did. It asked me to reboot and that went fine.
I turned it off and when I turned it on later, I got a message saying that my "SYSTEM" file (located at C:\windows\system32\config\system -- the filename has no extension) has been corrupted. At first I thought this was because I installed the Asian languages from my Windows XP SP2 CD onto an SP3 machine or something.
It said to insert the Windows XP CD to repair it. When I installed it, I got an error message. Unfortunately I can't remember what it was (possible the title of this post), but it wouldn't go into the Windows XP install/repair screen. I of course already set the boot order so that the CDROM booted first. I tried copying and pasting the "system" file from my laptop, but Windows wouldn't let me copy the file.
So then I thought to check the hard disk integrity. I went out and bought a USB enclosure and ran SeaTools from my laptop. I did every basic test (the advanced ones were dangerous, or something) and everything checked out. So after still not getting anywhere with replacing the "system" file, I decided to try reformatting the HDD.
After reformatting, I now always get the "DISK BOOT FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER." The BIOS boots up fine (still have CDROM booting first). It starts to read the CD-ROM, but then it spits out the error message and I'm stuck. I tried resetting the BIOS settings. I tried removing the CMOS battery or awhile and then putting it back.
So now I'm stuck.
I don't think it's my hard drive, even though both issue at first suggest a hard drive problem. I've checked the hard drive with SeaTools and I've also tried putting in a different IDE hard drive (also empty and unpartitioned) with no luck. I unfortunately can't try a SATA hard drive since I don't have an empty one.
I don't think it's the DVD-ROM drive. I started having problems since before I was booting from the hard drive. I don't have an easy way to make sure the DVD-ROM drive is working, but I suppose I can try to find a way to test it.
I tried replacing the IDE cable and that didn't do anything.
I unplugged all the SATA hard drives so the computer didn't get confused with HDD's.
What else can I try? Anybody have this issue? Is it time to buy a new mobo/cpu/RAM/vid card? I suppose wouldn't mind, but I wasn't planning on upgrading until next year.
Thanks for any suggestions.
I've recently had problems with my aging desktop. Here are the specs:
Athlon 64 3200 (Socket 754)
ECS 755-A2
2 GB Kingston PC 3200
GeForce 6800 (AGP)
Windows HDD: Seagate Barracuda V (connected via IDE)
DVD-RW: Pioneer DVR-109
I have a few other HDD's connected via SATA but I've disconnected them since.
I was running Windows XP SP3. I hadn't made any hardware changes for a month (I last installed a PCI SATA card).
A week or so ago I decided to install Asian languages on my computer. I had never installed them for whatever reason so I just did. It asked me to reboot and that went fine.
I turned it off and when I turned it on later, I got a message saying that my "SYSTEM" file (located at C:\windows\system32\config\system -- the filename has no extension) has been corrupted. At first I thought this was because I installed the Asian languages from my Windows XP SP2 CD onto an SP3 machine or something.
It said to insert the Windows XP CD to repair it. When I installed it, I got an error message. Unfortunately I can't remember what it was (possible the title of this post), but it wouldn't go into the Windows XP install/repair screen. I of course already set the boot order so that the CDROM booted first. I tried copying and pasting the "system" file from my laptop, but Windows wouldn't let me copy the file.
So then I thought to check the hard disk integrity. I went out and bought a USB enclosure and ran SeaTools from my laptop. I did every basic test (the advanced ones were dangerous, or something) and everything checked out. So after still not getting anywhere with replacing the "system" file, I decided to try reformatting the HDD.
After reformatting, I now always get the "DISK BOOT FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER." The BIOS boots up fine (still have CDROM booting first). It starts to read the CD-ROM, but then it spits out the error message and I'm stuck. I tried resetting the BIOS settings. I tried removing the CMOS battery or awhile and then putting it back.
So now I'm stuck.
I don't think it's my hard drive, even though both issue at first suggest a hard drive problem. I've checked the hard drive with SeaTools and I've also tried putting in a different IDE hard drive (also empty and unpartitioned) with no luck. I unfortunately can't try a SATA hard drive since I don't have an empty one.
I don't think it's the DVD-ROM drive. I started having problems since before I was booting from the hard drive. I don't have an easy way to make sure the DVD-ROM drive is working, but I suppose I can try to find a way to test it.
I tried replacing the IDE cable and that didn't do anything.
I unplugged all the SATA hard drives so the computer didn't get confused with HDD's.
What else can I try? Anybody have this issue? Is it time to buy a new mobo/cpu/RAM/vid card? I suppose wouldn't mind, but I wasn't planning on upgrading until next year.
Thanks for any suggestions.
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