Error Reading From Drive C Data Area Drive Not Ready
Assistance Core Hardware Data error reading drive C Custom Search Join the PC homebuilding revolution! Read the all-new, FREE 200-page online guide: How to Build Your Own PC! NOTE: Using robot software to mass-download the site degrades the server and is prohibited. See here for more. Find The PC Guide helpful? Please consider a donation to The PC Guide Tip Jar. Visa/MC/Paypal accepted. If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. Page 1 of 2 12 Last Jump to page: Results 1 to 25 of 27 Thread: Data error reading drive C Thread Tools Show Printable Version Email this Page… Subscribe to this Thread… 12-19-2004,01:45 AM #1 Miromc View Profile View Forum Posts View Blog Entries View Articles Novitiate Geek Join Date Dec 2004 Posts 7 Data error reading drive C Help! When we turned on one of our computers today we discovered that the computer won't startup in its regular mode, not even safe mode. When I try to start it in safe mode I get the error message Data error reading drive C, so I restarted and started it up in command prompt only and I tried to run scandisk and I got "Data error reading drive C" so then I decided to try running scanreg and I got "Data error reading drive C" This computer is running Windows 98se. Can anyone help me fix this problem. Its weird because it was working fine yesterday and now it won't do anything but give me this damn message. I just retried scandisk and I got this message "Scandisk is unable to check a drive because there is no extended memory loaded onto your computer. To check this drive make sure make sure that you have a HIMEM.SYS file on the disk from which you are starting your computer, and then restart using the 'command prompt only' option Depending on the location of the HIMEM.SYS file you may need to add a line such as DEVICE=A:/HIMEM.SYS or DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS in the CONFIG.SYS file on your boot drive' I have no idea what this means. Also to tell you I do not have a boot disk for this computer, and I don't know if I have the Windows 98 CD or not. Another error to report. This time while starting up I got "general failure reading drive C Abort, Ignore, Retry, Fail" . I think it is safe to say that my hard drive is dying on me. Last edited by Miromc; 12-19-2004 at 02:41 AM. Reason: More info Reply With Quote 12-19-2004,03:55 AM #2 rond36 View Profile View Forum Posts View Bl
this list, but I hope youcan come through for me again now.I installed 1.1 from the bootable CD, but from the installed DOS, Ican't access a CD-ROM. I get "Error reading from drive D: data area:drive not ready."I found this for VirtualBox:http://www.freedos.org/wiki/index.php/VirtualBox_-_Chapter_12#Known_Bugs:_6._CD_changes_are_not_detectedFor real hardware, is the XCDROM workaround the best solution? John Hupp 2015-05-18 14:04:24 UTC http://www.pcguide.com/vb/showthread.php?34054-Data-error-reading-drive-C PermalinkRaw Message I tried updating to the latest uide.sys fromhttp://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/dos/ellis/, butI get the same error.I also get the same error with the last version of xcdrom.sys.Next-best solutions?Post by John HuppHi, all.It's been some years since I've been active on this list, but I hopeyou can http://freedos-user.narkive.com/LjyLsbuZ/for-cd-error-reading-from-drive-d-data-area-drive-not-ready come through for me again now.I installed 1.1 from the bootable CD, but from the installed DOS, Idrive not ready."http://www.freedos.org/wiki/index.php/VirtualBox_-_Chapter_12#Known_Bugs:_6._CD_changes_are_not_detectedFor real hardware, is the XCDROM workaround the best solution? Don Flowers 2015-05-18 14:08:56 UTC PermalinkRaw Message If you have a AHCI/SATA CD/DVD drive, try downloading the FreeDOS - SATAfor Ghost disk here, extract the AHCI.SYS driver and use the followingconfiguration.@ECHO OFFSHCDX86.COM /QQ /UIF NOT EXIST CDROM001 DEVLOAD /Q /H C:\FDOS\BIN\AHCI.SYS /D:CDROM001 /HIF NOT EXIST CDROM001 DEVLOAD /Q /H C:\FDOS\BIN\UIDE.SYS /D:CDROM001 /HIF EXIST CDROM001 SHCDX86.COM /D:CDROM001,X /QPost by John HuppI tried updating to the latest uide.sys fromhttp://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/dos/ellis/, butI get the same error.I also get the same error with the last version of xcdrom.sys.Next-best solutions?Post by John HuppHi, all.It's been some years since I've been active on this list, but I hopeyou can come through
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 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abort,_Retry,_Fail%3F to remove this template message) MS-DOS prompts "Abort, Retry, Fail?" after being commanded http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/173295-48-data-error-reading-drive to list a directory with no diskette in the drive. "Abort, Retry, Fail?" is a computer error message found in the DOS operating systems, which prompts the end-user for a course of action to follow. The message has been used as an example of poor usability design in computer user interfaces. Contents error reading 1 Background 2 Description 3 In popular culture 4 See also 5 References Background[edit] A primary design consideration for the DOS family of operating systems (such as MS-DOS, PC DOS and DR-DOS) was that software written for CP/M be portable to DOS without changes. In most CP/M systems, attempting to read a floppy disk drive with the door open hung, waiting for a signal from the error reading from disk 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 the reading operation, until the correct disk could be inserted. Even the first IBM PC had more advanced hardware, such that the central processing unit (CPU) could tell that the disk drive door was open, but returning an error would break software that assumed that opening a file would wait until the user had inserted the correct disk. Still, it was desirable to improve the experience if possible, in particular, by giving the user a way to get out of the hang without having to find a disk to insert in the drive. For this reason, the prompt was invented in DOS. Description[edit] A missing disk (or disk drive door opened) was defined by DOS as a critical error and would call the critical error handler.[1] The default critical error handler was part of COMMAND.COM.[1] It printed the "Abort, Retry, ..." prompt and waited for user input. Other pro
Gaming Smartphones Tablets Windows 8 PSUs Android Your question Get the answer Tom's Hardware>Forum>Windows 95/98/ME>DATA ERROR READING DRIVE C> DATA ERROR READING DRIVE C Tags: Windows 95 Windows Last response: 25 November 2004 13:04 in Windows 95/98/ME Share Anonymous 2 November 2004 23:39:01 Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win95.general.discussion (More info?) Hi, when i start up my computer, the computers reads the amount of memory that i have and starts to run windows 95, butb then i get the following error: DATA ERROR READING DRIVE C abort, retry, ignore. Why has this happened? and what choices do i have to recover my work. i have a windows 95 start up disk at hand. I am working in a network, so is it best to ghost the hard drive? regards and thanks in advance. More about : data error reading drive Anonymous 3 November 2004 19:19:43 Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win95.general.discussion (More info?) You had disk drive has suffered a read failure. the problem might be slight or it might be significant - you need to get some hard disk drive diagnostic software from the www site of the hard disk drive manufacturer and run the diagnostics to get an idea of what the problem is and what options exist for repairing it. It could range from a displaced cable to a corroded connector to a failed drive. -- Jeff Richards MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User) "Pinto1uk"