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Close × Menu Repair Guides Answers Forum Parts & Tools Store Teardowns Translate Join Log In GO iFixit Fast Order Create a Page Edit Billing Info Order History Logout Join Log In Repair Guides Answers Forum Parts & Tools Store Teardowns Translate « Back to Answers Index 81760 PC Desktop Computers that generally don't include error reading from drive a dos area general failure an integrated display, and are meant to be stationary. data error 591 Questions View all Kevin error reading from drive c dos area 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 data error reading drive c 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 dos error 5 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
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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 (Check in the BIOS)?. you are added :-) 03/08/2012 by oldturkey03 Add a comment 0/1024 Cancel Post comment Are you sure you want to delete this zzzzzz? Cancel The All-New Pro Tech Toolkit The high performance electronics repair kit. On Sale Now 3 Answers Filter by: Most Helpful Newest Oldest Chosen Solution oldturkey03 @oldturkey03 Rep: 365.4k OTS 572 261 1k Posted: 03/04/2012 Options Permalink History Kevin, this may be caused by a defective sector or an incomplete file. On startup, go to DOS and type scandisk. ScanDisk might patch it, but if the hard drive has too many bad sectors or files, it could take very long. Of course you will have to hav
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command or file name Bad or missing command interpreter Cannot perform a cyclic copy Divide overflow Drive not ready Duplicate file name or file not found File cannot be copied onto http://www.computerhope.com/doserror.htm itself File creation error File not found General Failure Insufficient disk space Internal stack overflow Invalid directory Invalid drive specification Invalid file name or file not found Invalid media, track 0 bad or unusable Invalid http://www.pcguide.com/ts/x/comp/fdd/errorsData-c.html number of parameters Invalid parameter Invalid Switch Non-System disk or disk error Not ready, reading drive X Parse error The system cannot find the drive specified The system cannot find the file specified The system dos error cannot find the path specified Write fault error Write protect A duplicate file name exists, or the file cannot be found When attempting to rename a file, the file does not exist or there is already a file with that name. Verify no other file exists with the same name in the current directory and that you're typing the file you want to rename correctly. How to change or rename error reading drive a file, folder, or directory. Abort, Retry, Fail? This error is commonly encountered when attempting to read a diskette that is not readable or if no disk or disc in the drive trying to be read. Unable to read floppy diskette. CD-ROM receiving power but does not work. Access denied In new versions of Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 10 if you do not run the Windows command line in an elevated mode you will get "Access denied" errors when running a command. See our elevated mode for information about this mode and how to enter the mode. or Access dened can also be caused when a file or directory has read-only attributes, is being modified by another person or program, or other permissions preventing the action. See the attrib command for further information and options on this command. Bad command or file name Caused by a misspelling or error when typing a command or when the command attempting to be used is not a valid command for your version of MS-DOS or Windows. See our file name page for information about files, file name examples, and a list of invalid characters. Bad or missing command interpreter The computer cannot locate the command.com (command interp
The PC Guide Tip Jar. Visa/MC/Paypal accepted. View over 750 of my fine art photos any time for free at DesktopScenes.com! [ The PC Guide | Troubleshooting and Repair Guide | The Troubleshooting Expert | Troubleshooting Specific Components | Troubleshooting Floppy Disk Drives | Errors ] I am getting a "Data error reading drive A:/B:" or "Sector not found" while trying to read a floppy disk
Explanation: You are receiving errors trying to read the contents of a floppy disk. The contents of one of the sectors on the disk cannot be read. Diagnosis: Unfortunately, the most common cause of data error or sector not found messages is media failure; floppy disk media is just not that reliable and will eventually fail if used frequently. There are many different factors that can contribute to the failure of floppy disks, and with proper care, they can be made to last a reasonable amount of time, but they all fail if used any significant amount. Warning: Do not store original work on floppy disks, or use them as a primary storage area for your active files. The chances of failure are too great, and their performance is very low. Use the hard disk instead, and use floppies only for file transfer and backup (if you don't have better options). Recommendation: Make sure you use high-quality media of the right type for your floppy disk drive. Using poor quality media can lead to problems. Try ejecting and then reinserting the disk. You'd be surprised how often this fixes the problem. There may be dirt or dust on the surface of the disk. Sometimes tapping the edge of the disk on a hard surface a few times will loosen whatever is causing the problem and let you read the disk. I would recommend emptying its contents to a hard disk subdirectory and then discarding the floppy in favor of a new one. Clean the floppy drive read heads. Dirty heads can cause read errors, especially if this is occurring with more than one disk. Make sure the floppy drive types are properly set up in the system BIOS. Try the problem disk in a different PC, if available. Try other disks in this drive. Sometimes a disk will