hey, i am experiencing a very new sort of PROBLEM to me. actually, i encountered a media damage problem with the hard disk, so i got it replaced. now, i am using the new hard disk, and i have installed windows 7 home basic onto my system with no drivers yet.
the main problem now is, as i use my pc, it works fine, but after i shut it down, and try to open it the next time, it shows that "media test failure, CHECK cable". also, it tells me to reinstall my windows cd. so, i enter my windows cd, and then the screen showing "press any KEY to boot from cd/dvd" COMES up. and, i dont press anything there. and the windows just start. and i can use it again.
this has really slowed down my pc and i am allowed to use only a temporary account now, which deletes all the data i store in documents.
please help, i am afraid whether my pc is gonna shut down, or my hard disk is gonna go corrupted in the MIDDLE of my work. as i am doing very important work on my pc now.I would be inclined to check your cables to the hard drive, both power and data, and perhaps try a new data cable and a different power cable if possible.
Additionally, it would be a good idea to check the hard drive for any bad sectors.  HDTune can do a full drive scan and read the SMART data, too.  Do a full scan with it, and see what the result is.