computer wont start!

2006-11-06 19:05:28

#1

GR34: Member; +215|6997|ALBERTA> CANADA

when i start it it goes thought all the normal boot stuff then it says "A Disk Read Error Has Occurred Press CTL+ALT+DEL to restart". so I did that didn't work tried booting it from back up CD dient work then I Tried the xp CD did the repair still didn't work! any idea's.

My media center PC specs are:
AMD something 1._GHz
512MB ram
ATI 9550 256MB
300GB IDE hard drive
windows xp home
NOT A CLUE WHAT THE MOBO IS
THis computer has all my music pics videos every thing like that on it!

Last edited by GR34 (2006-11-06 19:58:41)

2006-11-06 19:14:36

#2

CommieChipmunk: Member; +488|7022|Portland, OR, USA

kick it a couple times, then jiggle the handle

2006-11-06 19:17:44

#3

*R*A*M*B*O*Z*O*R*: Member; +3|6904

I had something similar to this the other week. Nothing like installing xp or going through recovery would work. I ended up downloading a DOS boot program and booting of it from a cd, re-formated then reinstalling xp. works fine now.

2006-11-06 19:18:53

#4

misconfiguration: GURU; +86|6848|Indianapolis, IN

Make sure you don't have any bootable media in the CD-ROM's and unplug all USB devies. Check BIOS to see if your HDD is set to as the main boot device. If this doesn't work, you have a dead Hard drive my friend.

2006-11-06 19:47:44

#5

GR34: Member; +215|6997|ALBERTA> CANADA

misconfiguration wrote:
Make sure you don't have any bootable media in the CD-ROM's and unplug all USB devies. Check BIOS to see if your HDD is set to as the main boot device. If this doesn't work, you have a dead Hard drive my friend.

Is there any way to get the data off the dead disk

2006-11-06 19:50:46

#6

chittydog: less busy; +586|7287|Kubra, Damn it!

If you have another computer, you can pull the drive and stick it in there. Then you can either copy over your stuff or try to run checkdisk to fix any errors.

2006-11-06 19:57:02

#7

GR34: Member; +215|6997|ALBERTA> CANADA

but if thers an other install of xp on that other disk will that muck it up. AND IS IT AS SIMPLE AS PLUGGING THE DRIVE IN T MY GAMING COMPUTER OR DO I HAVE TO DO SOM EOTHER STUFF

Last edited by GR34 (2006-11-06 19:59:38)

2006-11-06 20:17:41

#8

The Stillhouse Kid: Licensed Televulcanologist; +126|7094|Deep In The South Of Texas

Yeah, there won't be a problem booting with both HDs in one machine. It'll just recognize the original drive as the boot drive and the second as slave. Which reminds me, you'll need to set the jumpers on the drives to set the original as the master and the suspected sick drive as slave. There should be a diagram on each drive showing how to do this.

2006-11-06 20:19:41

#9

T0rr3nt: Member; +54|7029|Michigan

sometimes my hdd detaches from my sata cable... make sure everything is connected

2006-11-06 20:21:45

#10

GR34: Member; +215|6997|ALBERTA> CANADA

The Stillhouse Kid wrote:
Yeah, there won't be a problem booting with both HDs in one machine. It'll just recognize the original drive as the boot drive and the second as slave. Which reminds me, you'll need to set the jumpers on the drives to set the original as the master and the suspected sick drive as slave. There should be a diagram on each drive showing how to do this.

the u just move the little plastic thing

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misconfiguration wrote:

The Stillhouse Kid wrote:

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