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Disk Read Error + Detecting SATA drives So recently my desktop PC has been freezing at random times, and then sometimes restarting after not responding for a couple of minutes (no BSOD, just restarts as far as I've seen). It sometime freezes as soon as I turn the computer on, while Windows is loading, and sometimes it will start freezing after an hour pc disk read error startup it's been on. Most of the time it will just freeze for around a minute, and then unfreeze, but sometimes it does freeze and then restart. By freeze I mean everything, mouse included, and ctrl+alt+delete doesn't work. Also at bootup sometimes, it will fail to detect my SATA hard-drive and hang at Detecting SATA drives at the bios screen. This will be following by a disk read error. This problem started occuring a couple of weeks a go, so I reinstalled Windows 7 and it worked fine after that. However three days ago the same problems started occuring so I'm guessing its hardware related Running Windows 7 Bios: Phoenix - AwardBios v6.00PG Processor: Intel Core2 Duo CPU E6550 @2.33GHz 2GB RAM Graphics Card: Nvidia GeForce 8600 GS Any help on this issue would be much appreciated as I need this PC for Uni work! Thanks in advance, Dan My System Specs System Manufacturer/Model Number Packard Bell BC/ iXtreme Y8520 OS Windows 7 32bit CPU Intel Core2 Duo CPU E6550 @2.33GHz Memory 2GB Graphics Card NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GS Monitor(s) Displays 2 djdmorrison View Public Profile Find More Posts b
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