start up error

[Guest]

i recently reinstalled XP Home and all was working fine for one day only.
now when booting i get

verify dmi pool data
disk read error occured
press ctrl alt del to restart

can any one offer any solutions please

 

[Guest]

That could be caused by numerous things.
1. Non-boot disk in Floppy or CD-ROM drive
2. Hard Drive is not present in boot order or is not in correct place (set
in the BIOS)
3. Defective/Bad Hard Drive
4. Corrupt Boot Sector or Files on the Hard Drive
5. Loose IDE/SATA cable

Why were you re-installing XP? Maybe that reason may have something to do
with the error you are getting now.
Are you running a single hard drive?

My immediate guess is a bad Hard Drive...but I could be wrong.