A Disk Error Occured! press ctrl + alt + del to restart

Arshad07 · 14 May 2010 at 14:59

How can i sort this issue? any help is appreciated!

OS: Windows 7

Arshad07 · 14 May 2010 at 15:00

I had this problem long time ago. I access something called mbr where i can select which drive to boot from, but i forgot.

ETNiES · 14 May 2010 at 15:03

i'd check all the connections to my hard drives, then run a scan on the drive to make sure it's not faulty, or your windows could just be corrupted

Philtor · 14 May 2010 at 15:08

Is it an IDE or SATA HDD??

Arshad07 · 14 May 2010 at 15:09

all cables are fine, windows is fresh. I've just built this computer.

I guess i need to change the master boot record, which i dont know how.

Arshad07 · 14 May 2010 at 15:09

philtorrens said:
Is it an IDE or SATA HDD??

SATA

Philtor · 14 May 2010 at 15:11

Can you try another SATA cable and/or SATA port for starters? This would be the easiest thing to try first of all.

Arshad07 · 14 May 2010 at 15:12

philtorrens said:
Can you try another SATA cable and/or SATA port for starters? This would be the easiest thing to try first of all.

done that already

Philtor · 14 May 2010 at 15:18

Next thing I would do is schedule a check disk. Right click the hard disk drive icon, click on Properties, Tools and select 'Check now'. It will schedule a check disk for when you next restart your machine so do just that.

Arshad07 · 14 May 2010 at 15:19

i cant even access my windows, i've just installed it. Its a new built.

edscdk · 14 May 2010 at 15:22

stick the drive in another computer and do a chkdsk on it?

Philtor · 14 May 2010 at 15:22

That's very strange :confused:

Is the HDD being seen by the BIOS ok and have you set the boot order correctly so the HDD is the first device your system try's to boot from?

Arshad07 · 14 May 2010 at 15:26

edscdk said:
stick the drive in another computer and do a chkdsk on it?

done, still not working

philtorrens said:
That's very strange Is the HDD being seen by the BIOS ok and have you set the boot order correctly so the HDD is the first device your system try's to boot from?

yes its the first priority.

Does anyone know how to access MBR, cos i remember i solved this issue a while ago using mbr, but i dont remember how

Philtor · 14 May 2010 at 15:30

There's an easier option you could try - boot from your Windows 7 disk again but select 'repair your computer' this time. When you select this you will be given a menu and one of the options is 'Fix problems that prevent windows from starting up'. Try this.

Philtor · 14 May 2010 at 15:32

By the way... if you want to try and repair the MBR.... http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927392

Arshad07 · 14 May 2010 at 15:38

philtorrens said:
There's an easier option you could try - boot from your Windows 7 disk again but select 'repair your computer' this time. When you select this you will be given a menu and one of the options is 'Fix problems that prevent windows from starting up'. Try this.

done that, not working

philtorrens said:
By the way... if you want to try and repair the MBR.... http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927392

i did that, but thats not what i'm looking for.

My one has like a menu where you can chose, i serioulsy forgot what it looks like

Philtor · 14 May 2010 at 15:51

Why not just do a clean install again and make sure you format before installing Win 7.