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View all Kevin Rep: 25 3 1 Posted: 03/04/2012 Options Permalink History Subscribe Unsubscribe data error reading drive c Ok, Ive got a old computer running windows 95(yes I know, old and obselete hardware);I got it from a friend, and when I try to boot it up, it will give me a data error reading drive c message. Before any of you here ask "why do you have something that old?" let me say that this is just something to tinker around with, and I am learning computer repair, so I figure what a better way to do it than with this old machine? Any ideas? I don't think the hard drive is bad, because I can do a scan disk check just fine. Also, I DO have a Gaming desktop that is up to date. Any help would be apprerciated. Please, no wise cracks to this question. Thank you. Answered! View the answer I have this problem too Subscribed to new answers Is this a good question? Yes No Voted Undo Score 1 Cancel Comments: Kevin, there is nothing wrong with having a device that is old/older, as long as it works and serves your purpose :-) 03/04/2012 by oldturkey03 oldturkey03, true 03/04/2012 by Kevin Sounds good Kevin. Let me know if you need a couple of those mice :-) have a ton of them still around as well as an original of Win95 just in case :-) 03/04/2012 by oldturkey03 oldturkey03,add me on yahoo, if you want. thanks 03/07/2012 by Kevin Check the Bios on your machine and see if it recognizes the HDD. Do you have Win95 on CD or Floppy Disk? Do you have a working CD drive? Does your computer allow to boot from CD (Che
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List Welcome Guide More BleepingComputer.com → Microsoft Windows Support → Windows 95/98/ME Javascript Disabled Detected You currently have javascript disabled. Several functions may not work. Please re-enable javascript to http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/t/157691/data-error-reading-drive-c/ access full functionality. Register a free account to unlock additional features https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abort,_Retry,_Fail%3F at BleepingComputer.com Welcome to BleepingComputer, a free community where people like yourself come together to discuss and learn how to use their computers. Using the site is easy and fun. As a guest, you can browse and view the various discussions in the forums, but can not create a new data error topic or reply to an existing one unless you are logged in. Other benefits of registering an account are subscribing to topics and forums, creating a blog, and having no ads shown anywhere on the site. Click here to Register a free account now! or read our Welcome Guide to learn how to use this site. Data Error Reading Drive C Started by data error reading DaBiz , Jul 14 2008 02:49 PM Please log in to reply 7 replies to this topic #1 DaBiz DaBiz Members 26 posts OFFLINE Local time:02:50 PM Posted 14 July 2008 - 02:49 PM Hi guys, We have a third computer in our house that is quite old, and that my parents basically just use for word processing. This computer runs Windows98 and is no longer is able to start up. When it is starting up, it starts like normal, and the cloudy blue Windows 98 logo come up for about 30seconds, then a dos screen comes up with a message reading "data error reading drive c" with options to retry, ignore, or fail. Like I say, this computer is quite old (probably about 12 years old). If I could get it up and working again that would be great, but if there is any way to recover files, my parents would be quite pleased with that as well. If you need any more information about the computer, please let me know, and I'll be happy to provide it. Thanks! Back to top BC AdBot (
Please improve it by verifying the claims made and adding inline citations. Statements consisting only of original research should be removed. (July 2010) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) MS-DOS prompts "Abort, Retry, Fail?" after being commanded to list a directory with no diskette in the drive. In computing, "Abort, Retry, Fail?" is a computer error message in the DOS operating system which indicates a critical error and prompts the end-user for the course of action to follow. This and other similar error messages are given by the default critical error handler. The message was sometimes used as an example of poor usability design in computer user interfaces. Contents 1 Background 2 Default critical error handler 2.1 Responses 3 User experience 4 In popular culture 5 See also 6 References Background[edit] The DOS family of operating systems (such as MS-DOS, PC DOS and DR-DOS) date back to early microcomputers, which were primitive by modern computing standards. A primary design consideration was that software written for CP/M be portable to DOS without changes. In most CP/M systems attempting to read a disk drive with the door open hung waiting for an input event until the disk drive door was closed, on some hardware it would hang until an actual physical disk was in the drive. Many users of CP/M were accustomed to this as a method of managing multiple disks, by opening the disk drive to stop reading until the correct disk could be inserted. Even the first IBM-PC had more advanced hardware such that the CPU could tell that the disk drive door was open, but returning an error would break software that assumed it could not open a file until the user had closed the drive door. Still it was desirable to improve the experience if possible. In DOS, a critical error is one which might be fixable by operator intervention. The classic example is an attempt to read from the floppy drive without a diskette loaded. The computer has no way of determining whether it should wait for the user to load a disk, or abort the operation. The handling of different errors was somewhat illogical, for instance while no disk in the drive caused the error, the wrong disk in the drive caused an immediate return with an error, even though that was also fixable by the user. When DOS encounters a critical error, it generates software interrupt 24