Hardware Analysis Community Forums http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/72384/ 2009-11-23T12:00:38-05:00 http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/72384/ /images/halogo.gif text/html 2008-08-31T04:57:17-05:00 Joshua Marius, LeThe http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/72384/#544207 <br /> Try the following:<br /> <br /> - Check your hard drive with a diagnostic utility from the manufacturer.<br /> - If the drive check passes, try a different IDE cable<br /> - Could be the motherboard IDE connector having a problem, try resetting your BIOS to see if this clears out any problems.<br /> <br /> Let us know. text/html 2008-08-30T15:37:06-05:00 panner selvam http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/72384/#0 <br /> i didn't get any error's but boot hangs... if i tried to boot with safe mode... it is also stuck after reading 6 or 7 files ...<br /> <br /> i removed all other drives... and i tried boot... even though i am not able to boot....<br /> <br /> i have IDE-320gb hard disk...and <br /> <br /> i have another hard drive SATA 120 GB.... i can boot xp via SATA .... but i am not able to boot IDE xp <br /> .<br /> <br /> so tried xp repair install... it's also failed... same blank screen i'm getting ...<br /> <br /> is it problem in my HDD...<br /> <br /> but good thing is i can access all my iDE drives in SATA xp...so i can take backups...<br /> <br /> but how to fix boot problem ????<br /> <br /> help me thanks....