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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 by stander2 Latest reply from G41M Topic Viewed 21520 times 1 2 Next » dell a disk read error occurred press ctrl+alt+del to restart stander2 Posts: 17 This post has been reported. Hi When I try and start up my
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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 gateway disk read error occurred have any ideas about the steps I should take in an attempt to fix this problem. 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
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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 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: · a disk read error occurred windows 7 fix 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 boot order. Reports: · Posted 4 years ago Top stander2 Posts: 17 This post has been reported. When I boot the computer, I get no options to get into BIOS. just that same message. I tried the F12 on boot a couple of times but it makes no difference. S Reports: · Posted 4 years ago Top GuiltySpark Posts: 4024 This post has been reported. stander2 , You have to be quick with the POST (Bios) screen other
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Read Error Has occurred" during Startup - Dell laptop 01 Jul 2012 #1 Doomdaddy Windows 7 Home 1 posts "A Disc Read Error a disk read error occurred press ctrl+alt+del to restart windows 7 Has occurred" during Startup - Dell laptop I dont know if this is the right thread, but here goes. I try to start my Dell Inspiron 5010 laptop and I get "A disk read error occurred. Press Ctrl Alt Del to recover" http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/disk-read-error-occurred-message-how-do-i-fix-this Every page I've Googled about this error tells me my hard drive is shot and needs to be replaced. I'm in total denial so, can this really be? Have I lost all my data? Does the hard drive need to be gutted and replaced? Thanks. My System Specs OS Windows 7 Home Doomdaddy View Public Profile Find More Posts by Doomdaddy . 01 Jul 2012 #2 solarmystic Windows 7 x64 Professional SP1 2,173 posts Geordieland, Tyne and Wear Hello there and http://www.sevenforums.com/general-discussion/238135-disc-read-error-has-occurred-during-startup-dell-laptop.html welcome to the forums Doomdaddy! If you want to be absolutely sure whether your drive is gutted/or still recoverable, try and pull it out of the laptop and place it into an external USB caddy/enclosure, and plug it into a working system to see whether the system can detect it or not... You can also try to reseat the the drive in the laptop by taking it out and putting it back in again after a cold shutdown.. Hope that helps! My System Specs System Manufacturer/Model Number DELL SXPS 1640 OS Windows 7 x64 Professional SP1 CPU Intel C2D T9550 2.66 GHz @ 2.793 GHz (Thanks ThrottleStop!!) Motherboard Intel PM45 Memory 8 GB DDR3 Graphics Card ATI MOBILITY RADEON 4670 Sound Card CREATIVE XFI AUDIO NOTEBOOK Monitor(s) Displays 16.1 WLED Screen Resolution 1920x1080 Keyboard Built-in backlighted Keyboard Mouse Logitech Wireless Mini Mouse PSU 90W Dell Power Brick Case Dell Chassis Cooling Coolermaster Cooling Pad Hard Drives Seagate ST9500420AS 500GB (465GiBi) 7200 RPM Drive External Drives:- 2 TB WD Essentials x 3 1 TB WD Mybook Gen 1 1 TB WD Mybook Gen 2 1 TB Seagate 1 TB Seagate 320 GB WD Scorpio Black (enclosed) 320 GB WD Scorpio Black (enclosed) Internet Speed 4/0.5 solarmystic View Public Profile Find More Posts by solarmystic 02 Jul 2012 #3 jumanji Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit 6,133 posts OK. Before you try to pullout the hard drive or do anything else: Sometimes even when Windows fails to read the hard
Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart Error Raymond Updated 4 years ago Windows 101 Comments When you have a problem while using your computer and you receive an error message during a crash, you're hoping the message https://www.raymond.cc/blog/help-a-disk-read-error-occurred-press-ctrlaltdelete-to-restart/ will point toward the cause and then it can be appropriately rectified. This doesn't always happen though and the message can be rather generic and the fix isn't exactly a straightforward affair with a clear place to start troubleshooting.Unfortunately, there seems to be many errors you could encounter on your system that sound straightforward but lead to the same problem, the error message isn't accurate enough for you to make a read error clear decision about what to do next. A while back I had a problem with my computer, and after some odd things happening such as a CD-R failing a burn and the computer starting to respond very slow, I decided to shut it down and leave it for a while. When I booted it up the next day, I got the error message:A disk read error occurred. Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart.However, the disk read error BIOS detected the hard drive just fine. After an exhaustive search around the Internet and forums, no one had the exact fix for this problem and there doesn't seem to be one fix to try in preference to any others.What makes this even worse is there are so many different ways to attempt to fix this error, it could take days to get through them all. And to make matters worse, a disk read error might not actually mean there's a problem with the hard drive itself! Also there seems to be just as many software causes as hardware causes.Listed below are some of the possible solutions we came across to fix the "A disk read error occurred. Press ctrl+alt+delete to restart" problem.1. Test the MemoryThis isn't actually mentioned that much around the web as a solution to the disk read error problem, but believe it or not, this was my problem. I used a tool called Memtest86+ and ran tests on my RAM, and indeed there were problems. After experimenting between different sticks and RAM slots I eventually deduced my RAM slot 2 was damaged because the sticks worked fine in the other slots.As this is a simple and non destructive test meaning you're not touching the hard drive risking furthe