my computer has broker - disk boot failure

[talkshowhost]

my computer has broke - disk boot failure

hi all, i hope someone can kindly me me.

I just bought a new case and having moved everything into it it get the following message when i boot up:
DISK BOOT FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER

I have a feeling my motherboard may have be broke but am unsure?

I have tired everything I can think of. Have cleard the CMOs and tried various BIOS settings. i also have an old image of my C: drive that I just restored and still the same problem. I don't think there are any problems with my hard drives as when using norton ghost I can browse the files on them all and they all show up correct in the BIOS. I am just away to do another restore but this time replace the MBR and see if that helps.

Would appreciate any help/advice anyone can offer cause i'm am completely stuck now.

Computer spec below:
Windows XP Pro
DFI Lanparty Ultra D, Opteron 146,
Hiper Type R 580W PSU, Radeon X1800XL

 

[talkshowhost]

ok well replacing the MBR with norton did not work.

any ideas at all? please help

 

[talkshowhost]

many thanks for the help guys but after much hair pulling it is fixed

it would seem that i damaged one of the SATA connectors on the motherboard somehow and when i plug the hard disk into a different one it works. i could swear i tried that yesterday!

thanks agian i'm so glad it works now