Disk Boot Failure

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Date: 06/24/04 

Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 15:58:08 -0700

i have reformatted several times but after i do i change
the boot priority back to floppy, hdd, cd-rom, lan(the
default settings) most of the time i will have to do a
full format and reinstall all software that came with the
computer, but occasionally i can just re-install the os,
as i was able to do yesterday (i didn't lose everything
on the computer.) thank you for any help you can give me
>-----Original Message-----
>Is you PC formatted already, wiped out ?
>If it is, are you trying to reinstall XP with the CD
that
>came with your computer ? If so, have you changed in
the
>SETUP/BIOS to first check for the CD-ROM when it reboot?
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>Help!!! befor i throw my computer out the window, i am
>>constantly getting an error message, "disk boot
>failure",
>>if i change my copy of xp or get a new hard drive will
>>this fix the problem? also i am now getting the error
>>message kernel_data_inpage_error, will doing any of the
>>above alleviate these problems? any help you can give
me
>>would be greatly appreciated, other wise what i am
doing
>>now is reformatting the hard drive and reinstalling the
>>version of xp that came with my computer.
>>by the way, my pc is an hp pavilion 783c, 2.53ghz, with
>>120gig hd, 512mb ram, one dvd drive, and one dvd writer
>>cd writer combo frive and one 3.25" floppy drive...all
>>came preinstalled in computer, no after market hardware
>>has been installed
>>.
>>
>.
>

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