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1st Steps Rules Tech Support Forum > Hardware Support > Hard Drive Support ERROR" "A Disk Read Error Occurred" on BRAND NEW hard drive User Name Remember Me? Password Site Map Posting Help Register Rules Today's Posts Search Site Map Home Forum Rules Members List Contact Us Community Links Pictures & Albums Members List Search Forums Show Threads Show Posts Tag Search Advanced Search Search Site / Google View Posts New Posts Your Posts Go to Page... ERROR" "A Disk Read Error Occurred" on BRAND NEW hard drive This is a discussion on ERROR" "A Disk Read Error Occurred" on BRAND NEW hard drive within the Hard Drive Support forums, part of the Tech Support Forum category. I had a problem with my hard drive, so I decided to get a new one and set it up Thread Tools Search this Thread 08-03-2006, 10:13 PM #1 martini1179 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: South Florida, US and A. Posts: 81 OS: Ubuntu Linux 10.04 x64; Windows 7 SP1 I had a problem with my hard drive, so I decided to get a new one and set it up as a single drive, in the hopes of
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Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to Restart" with brand-new ATA-6 hard drive (this model) on a five-year-old Dell Latitude a disk read error occurred xp D400 laptop. Bad disk, compatability issue, or doing something wrong? More details inside. I have a Dell Latitude D400 laptop which is about five years old and http://www.techsupportforum.com/forums/f16/error-a-disk-read-error-occurred-on-brand-new-hard-drive-110828.html works well. My old hard drive went belly-up (terrible clicking noise, and no machine could read it), so I purchased a replacement. Being an older computer, my laptop uses what I believe is now generally referred to as a Parallel ATA (PATA) connector (as shown on the right side here). A cover is http://ask.metafilter.com/127224/Disk-Read-Error-Occurred-With-BrandNew-Hard-Drive placed over the pins before connecting it to the computer. I chose the largest PATA drive I could find, which on NewEgg is described as using an ATA-6 connector. (My understanding is that ATA-6 is a part of the PATA family.) I placed the disk in my system and began trying to install Windows XP Pro. The Windows installation CD recognized the drive, formatted it, and apparently copied some install files to the drive. (I have used the same install CD without any problems before.) However, as the installation proceeded, Windows apparently rebooted, and the system could no longer recognize the drive. That's when I got the dreaded "Disk Read Error Occurred - Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to Restart" message. That's all the message says - nothing more. And pressing Ctrl+Alt+Del accomplishes nothing... you just get the same error again. To isolate the error, I tried three things: 1) I placed the hard drive in a six-year-old Dell Latitude D600 (wh
The How-To Geek Forums Have Migrated to Discourse How-To Geek Forums / Windows XP "Disk read error occurred" message - how do I fix this? (25 posts) Started 4 years ago http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/disk-read-error-occurred-message-how-do-i-fix-this by stander2 Latest reply from G41M Topic Viewed 21520 times 1 2 Next » stander2 Posts: 17 This post has been reported. Hi When I try and start up my Windows XP I get this message "Disk read error occurred press Ctl+Alt =Del to restart. Every time I restart I get the same message. Does anyone have any ideas about the steps I should take in an attempt to fix this problem. disk read I have searched the forums but am a bit lost about some of the suggestions. Any simply explained suugested solutions would be appreciated. Thanks Reports: · Posted 4 years ago Top whs Posts: 17584 This post has been reported. As a first measure I would run a chkdsk c: /r in cmd - e.g. from an installations disc. That would be as easy as it comes. Reports: · Posted 4 years disk read error ago Top stander2 Posts: 17 This post has been reported. hI whs How do I get to the CMD- every time I reboot I get the same message "Disk read error occurred press Ctl+Alt =Del to restart" Reports: · Posted 4 years ago Top whs Posts: 17584 This post has been reported. You have to load your installation disc and go to the repair options. Reports: · Posted 4 years ago Top stander2 Posts: 17 This post has been reported. Hi Found the original Windows XP installation disk, turned the PC on, inserted the CD a number of times but all I get is the same message "Disk read error occurred press Ctl+Alt =Del to restart" Tried rebooting, installing CD, but only get the same message. Any other ideas would be appreciated. Reports: · Posted 4 years ago Top vistamike Posts: 10945 This post has been reported. When you boot, do you see an option to get into BIOS? (F2) Change the 1st boot device to CD/DVD Another option is to tap F12 on boot and change the boot order to CD/DVD Mike Reports: · Posted 4 years ago Top whs Posts: 17584 This post has been reported. Yeah, Mike is right. You forgot to change the