Cant boot past Post screen

[masshole]

This all of a sudden started happening. I restarted my computer and it posts, then SLOWLY detects the IDE setup.... does not make it to the Windows XP screen, and a white bar begins running across the bottom of the screen. (in an attempt to get to the boot: normal, safe mode, etc. screen.) Then it freezes.

Ive taken out the battery, and reset the CMOS and NOTHING. I have a p4 2.5 abit, 2hdd (one is running sata and is my main hdd with the OS, the other is back up running off IDE. I have a 1gb of corsair memory and the video and sound cards are fine.

My IDE set up is as follows:



chan 1: master--my WD 120 hdd
chan 1 slave- none
chan 2 master lite-on cdrw
chan 2 slave--dvd player
chan 3 my raptor--74gb hdd

any thoughts??

 

[masshole]

I also attempted to load the XP CD and it hangs on the "setup is starting windows" part of the installation.

Also, this started happening when I was running some programs and the pc was real slow...

Ive attempted to change the sata ports from 3-4... and it doesnt do a damn thing.

it cant even get to the XP logo screen... it hangs before that.

 

[masshole]

got it, hdd died.

sol now. thanks for looking.