I've just had to rebuild my dad's PC as it would not boot from the hard disk. (the memory also failed on the same day) It POST's fine but comes up with a screen saying Windows did not start properly and gives all the advanced startup options. Whichever option I select the computer starts the POST again and stops at the same screen. I have replaced the (SATA) hard drive and installed XP on an old drive. When I tried to install the HD as a secondary drive the same problem happens and the PC get's caught in a loop. Is its possible to install the drive in a USB caddy so I can at least inspect it to see what's wrong? Its a Seagate Barracuda BTW.
Is my disk dead?
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Could possibly be mobo if its still happening with another drive. Connect hdd and cd/dvd drive on same channel. Try ide 1 and ide 2.
Soldato
Shouldn't be any problem with putting it in an external enclosure 
From what you have described it does not sound like a healthy harddrive!
My advice would be to run the Seagate diagnostic tool on the HDD. It will most likely be a DOS based program and will run off the CD/DVD/Floppy/USB pen that it is on - so your PC shouldn't restart.
The utility should tell you whats up with the drive, if anything, and may even be able to fix it.
SiriusB
From what you have described it does not sound like a healthy harddrive!
My advice would be to run the Seagate diagnostic tool on the HDD. It will most likely be a DOS based program and will run off the CD/DVD/Floppy/USB pen that it is on - so your PC shouldn't restart.
The utility should tell you whats up with the drive, if anything, and may even be able to fix it.
SiriusB
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toffeemad said:
That's right. It will run off the CD or floppy drive it is on without going into Windows.
SiriusB