my computer has broke - disk boot failure

talkshowhost

hi all, i hope someone can kindly me me.

I just bought a new case and having moved everything into it it get the following message when i boot up:
DISK BOOT FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER

I have a feeling my motherboard may have be broke but am unsure?

I have tired everything I can think of. Have cleard the CMOs and tried various BIOS settings. i also have an old image of my C: drive that I just restored and still the same problem. I don't think there are any problems with my hard drives as when using norton ghost I can browse the files on them all and they all show up correct in the BIOS. I am just away to do another restore but this time replace the MBR and see if that helps.

Would appreciate any help/advice anyone can offer cause i'm am completely stuck now.

Computer spec below:
Windows XP Pro
DFI Lanparty Ultra D, Opteron 146,
Hiper Type R 580W PSU, Radeon X1800XL

RoyBatty

Maybe a stupid question, but do you have the boot device set correctly in BIOS?

Dyre Straits

Exactly what went through my mind.

Are you sure the drives are connected in the same sequence and on the same channel as in the previous case? Just seems it's not finding the boot drive where it's looking for it.

Asmoday

I'd also say that is the culprit of your problem, i'm 99% certain that you have put the wrong drive as boot disk....

talkshowhost

many thanks for taking the time to reply but the problem is now solved.

it would seem that I somehow seem to managed damaged a SATA connector on the motherboard and have now plugged the HD it into a different one and it works.

thanks again.

[hobo]eclipse

nice, always check with another cable, be it IDE or SATA after playing with them too, best of!