Boot Disk Failure W2k Pro

[bdphipps]

On a cold boot I am getting a disk boot failure but can get past it with ctl, alt, del. The system comes up and works fine. This does not happen on restarts, only cold starts. How can I get rid of this error and acquire a normal boot process.

[degsy]

What is the PC environment like?

Same things happen to me on cold mornings. Seems that the BIOS is too quick for the HDDs to kick in.

[bdphipps]

What is the PC environment like?

Same things happen to me on cold mornings. Seems that the BIOS is too quick for the HDDs to kick in.

This is a sony vio 256 ram 1GHz Processor what would be your second thought?

[degsy]

Second thoughts would be to give the pc a spring clean.

Check that all drives & cards are inserted properly.
Check that cables & plug are connected securely.

Clean any dust from the system.


(always take precautions when working inside a pc).

[bdphipps]

Second thoughts would be to give the pc a spring clean.

Check that all drives & cards are inserted properly.
Check that cables & plug are connected securely.

Clean any dust from the system.


(always take precautions when working inside a pc).


I already did this. It is in good shape insied the case. The event viewer indicated that the following took place:
Event Type: Information
Event Source: Save Dump
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1001
Date: 3/11/2004
Time: 1:16:53 PM
User: N/A
Computer: HALL
Description:
The computer has rebooted from a bugcheck. The bugcheck was: 0x0000007f (0x00000000, 0x00000000, 0x00000000, 0x00000000). Microsoft Windows 2000 [v15.2195]. A dump was saved in: C:\WINNT\Minidump\Mini031104-01.dmp.

[degsy]

couple of other things

Try the drive in another PC. See if it boots first time.

If it does then it may be a problem with the IDE cable. Try another cable.

If not then it may be your motherboard.
You could try a BIOS upgrade if there is one available.