[Redstreblo]

I have my OS installed on a 120GB SSD and my DATA on a 1TB HDD.

I occasionally get BSOD and a system restart where the computer boots up and gives me the error "DISK BOOT FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER." I turn the system off and make sure my SATA cable is secured in the SSD and then restart the system, which boots into my OS no problem. Unfortunately I have to do this same thing over and over.

I went to the store where I bought the drive and complained that it is incapable of holding the SATA cable securely and asked if they had any ideas. They tested my cable and my SSD with other cables and other drives and the cables were just as loose with every drive/cable combo they tried. The person I talked to suggested I take a lighter to the SATA cable and squeeze it to make it have a tighter fit. I went home and did this and reinstalled it.

The cable seems to have a much more snug attachment, but I still have the error come up every once in a while. I really cannot stand to have random BSOD errors.

Does anybody here have any suggestions on how I may more securely attach my SATA cable and kill this BSOD?

The SSD I am using is a Corsair Force 3 120GB model.

[redsniper]

Tape

[Dark RevenantX]

Use one of those L-shaped connectors and rubber band it to the drive.  Superglue the rubber bands to the connector for extra support.

But yes, that drive does have well-known issues with cable snugness, iirc.  I use Crucial M4 and it has no such issues, so you might just be out of luck.

[Nuke]

get a $6 roll of electrical tape. problem solved!

they also got sata cables that have metal clips on em that keep em from coming out of their sockets (some came with my last mobo purchase), you could get some of those.

[Herra Tohtori]

And, just to be clear: Instead of taping the cable connector to the drive's connector, put strips of the tape, one by one, on the SSD's SATA connector itself (the side with no connectors preferably) and test the cable on it until it sits in securely.

Electrical tape is probably the best to use because it usually doesn't include adhesive that basically separates from the tape itself and stains everything it comes to contact with... FOREVERR.