Another AVA system problem :(

[pdonket]

Specs below:

TT armor case w/ 25cm fan
250gb 7200rpm WD HD
Xtreme gamer X-Fi
8800GTS 320mb
Asus P5K Basic
2gb OCZ gold @ (stock)800mhz
Q6600 @stock
9700 Zalman CPU cooler

Alright, so after maybe 20 reinstalls of windows vista, I figured windows vista was the issue with this computer and AVA direct confirmed that the OS was a POS. So I had to buy myself windows XP home edition to get the computer running right, now, that worked for about a good month (which is a long time for this computer to be running straight) and then gave some generic windows XP horse crap story. So I reinstall windows XP, the next day, I'm getting "disk read error- Press ctrl-alt-del to restart" so, heeding their guidance I do so and it returns to the same point repeatedly. *This occurs closely after POST*

Now, I tried switching the boot configuration between my DVD burner going first and HD going first, neither of which yielded better results. I'm awaiting a return email from AVA, however I'd also like all of your opinions on the matter!

Any help?

 

[crashthenet44]

now, that worked for about a good month (which is a long time for this computer to be running straight) and then gave some generic windows XP horse crap story.

Clarify this statement for us. What exactly is this "generic Windows XP horse crap story?"

So I reinstall windows XP, the next day, I'm getting "disk read error- Press ctrl-alt-del to restart" so, heeding their guidance I do so and it returns to the same point repeatedly. *This occurs closely after POST*.

So when you re-installed XP, did it ever load or did you get the disk read error as soon as setup rebooted. Also did you re-format when you ran setup, or did you install XP over top of itself?

 

[pdonket]

Clarify this statement for us. What exactly is this "generic Windows XP horse crap story?"

It started saying a file was missing (one of the windows system 32 files).

So when you re-installed XP, did it ever load or did you get the disk read error as soon as setup rebooted. Also did you re-format when you ran setup, or did you install XP over top of itself?

I did get it it on the computer and running for 24 hours, long enough to pretty much just get some drivers on there, stabilize, and install updates. Then I restarted for the 2nd time today and it kept giving me the disk read error

Also, I reformatted the partition when I had the problem, didn't install XP over itself