My system keeps loosing MBR and gets unmountable boot volume

[econtrerasguzman]

For some reason I am losing my boot data, I do a new format, new install, runs for average of 1 week, and then fails, says disc read error, or the occasional blue screened "UNMOUNTABLE BOOT VOLUME", I am losing my mind, -could this be a weak CMOS battery? Any ideas?

[Forum Troll]

Could also be a:

dying hard drive
dying HDD controller on motherboard
loose/bad disk controller cable
MBR virus on the hard drive

[econtrerasguzman]

i built this pc less than a year ago with a new HDD by samsung and an epox 8krai motherboard is there anything else that could be going wrong?

[banger298]

what verion of xp are you using if an early verion you need to load the motherboard driver's before windows cannot rememder which screen it is ,that one were you press f6 at the start . i had same problem at first ran for months then tit's up and got UNMOUNTABLE BOOT VOLUME every time it loaded or tryed to install windows on the new hdd
or you can us xp with sp1/2 on it
i got xp with sp1 on and it fixed it
hope it helps

[econtrerasguzman]

i am using XP pro, does it really make a difference what version it is or whether it is sp1 r 2?

[banger298]

i used the first xp pro to start with (one before sp1)and got the error then i upgraded and after about two week of trying to get it to work and two new hdds later i got xp pro with sp1 on it and the thing work.
so yes it do's make a differance
both oem discs

[Garibaldi]

Try a linux install like Mepis or Damn Small Linux first and see if that works. If it does you know its your windows XP version. If not you know its your hard drive

[econtrerasguzman]

thanx a lot for all your help, i looked in MANY websites see waht they said and found that the chipset KT600 i guess doesnt work well with SATA drives, i think im just going to sell my samsung sata for an ide, thanx a lot for all your help

[Garibaldi]

thanx a lot for all your help, i looked in MANY websites see waht they said and found that the chipset KT600 i guess doesnt work well with SATA drives, i think im just going to sell my samsung sata for an ide, thanx a lot for all your help

I hope that'll put an end to this terrible string of problems you've been having!