HDD Problem

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HDD Problem Please Help!

Hi all I recently put together my new rig as detailed in my sig. All was going well or so I thought. I decided to use my old HDD (a Seagate ATA 120gb) and my optical drive (a pinoeer109 DVD-RW), I know most people have SATA HDD's but what's the point in buying one if this one was working fine......

Anywhoo, I installed windows, legit copy, and then everything works fine the first time you boot, you can install all drivers etc, and the computer will work fine....so long as you dont turn it off......If I turn off the computer, then the next time I got to boot windows, i get an error message saying

<windows root>\system 32\ntoskrnl.exe.

Please re-install a copy of the above file.

I have used a program called BartPE and it allows me to boot windows as it copies the file over, at which point the computer will work fine....until I turn it off again.....When I go to turn it back on again, I will get the same error message, and again BartPE will solve the problem. I don't want to keep having to use a boot cd to replace this corrupt file everytime I use my computer!! What can I do? How is this file corrupt everytime I switch off?!?! :confused: My mate thinks it could be a borked HDD (or one coming to an end......)Any suggestions??

Thanks in advance

Kiz
 
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I've already tried to different windows xp cds (both of which I know have worked in the past, one of which I have always used to install windows on said drive) and I still get the same problem no matter which cd I use, so this cant be the problem, can it? :confused: I have had to format the drive 3 times now and as I said in the earlier post, its only when a hardboot occurs that I get this problem......
 
Yeah that's what I was thinking, but how could this same error occur 3 times in a row, and with different cds?? surely it can't be because I'm using 2 IDE devices.....(i.e. this HDD and my optical drive).....I've ordered a new seagate 7200.10 250Gb HDD so hopefully this will solve my problem, if not.....i'm doomed......Any other suggestions ??
 
Try this rather than re-installing

If the ntoskrnl.exe file is corrupt or missing this can also generate the error. To restore this file follow the below steps.

1. Insert the Microsoft Windows XP CD. Note: If you have a recovery CD or a restore CD and not a Microsoft Windows XP CD it is likely the below steps will not resolve your issue.
2. Reboot the computer, as the computer is starting you should see a message to press any key to boot from the CD. When you see this message press any key.
3. In the Microsoft Windows XP setup menu press the R key to enter the recovery console.
4. Select the operating system you wish to fix, and then enter the administrator password.
5. Type expand d:\i386\ntoskrnl.ex_ c:\windows\system32
6. You will then be prompted if you wish to overwrite the file type Y and press enter to overwrite the file.
7. Type exit to reboot the computer.

or this

A. This is usually due to an error in the boot.ini file. The entry for NT is either missing or incorrect. Edit the boot.ini file and check the entry for NT is correct, for example for an IDE disk the entry should look something like

multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\winnt="Windows NT workstation"

Check that disk and partition are correct. If you have recently added a new disk or altered the partitions try changing the disk() and partition() values. If you are sure everything is OK, then the actual file may be corrupt so copy NTOSKRNL.EXE off of the installation CD onto the %systemroot%/system32 directory.

You may need to edit the boot.ini if Linux is installed onto a system. During installation DiskDruid (Red Hats disk configuration utility) may create a primary partition (depending on disk configuration) and although the extended NT partition was there first (and at the beginning of the disk), the primary partition affects the numbering of the partition() parameter of boot.ini. Changing it from (1) to (2) (for example) allows the successful boot of NT.
 
Yeah thanks wizardmaxx but I've already tried doing this as BartPE lets you use command prompt....it will copy the file and then I can use windows again, but the problem is I don't want to have to keep copying the file over, usinga boot cd just so that I can use my computer.....

And for the record I have also tried 3 different IDE cables (all brand new)

Anything else, sorry to be pain :/

EDIT: the other thing is when I type in the command to copy over the file I get an error message saying, "can't open input file"
 
Ok dude, thanks a lot for replying so quickly and for your help :D will give that a try and post back with results....just a quick question with cable select, which one is master then, the black or the grey?
 
Drive Position: Unlike the old cables, with the 80-conductor cable, the master connector is at the end of the cable, and the slave is in the middle. As I explained above, this is a much more sensible arrangement, since a single drive placed at the end of the cable will be a master, and a second drive added in the middle a slave.
 
Ok tried many combinations with 2 different IDE cables i.e. cable select, master/slave, slave/master, thing is, now I have managed to boot into windows im on this forum using my HDD and therefore conroe \o/ :D, but problem is, my optical drive is now not showing up :( Any other suggestions?

Would I be correct in assuming that maybe the IDE controller is gonna be ghey and only allow me to plug in one device....if this is the case, then it doesn't really matter as I have ordered an SATAII Seagate 7200.10....and I will just have the optical device on as an IDE device....Am I correct in assuming that this needs to be set as slave as the SATA-II HDD will automatically be set as master...?
 
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Could this mean that the controller on the mobo is borked, or does it just mean that all my cables are dud? Or am I just connecting it all up wrong.....
 
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