A disk read error occurred

Neoni · 25 Mar 2006 at 12:52

A disk read error occurred
Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart

i booted up this morning and this is what i get anyone got an ideas?

i cant lose the work on this hdd is possible.

-Alex.

basmic · 25 Mar 2006 at 13:01

Is the disk ok now? If so, make a backup ASAP - just in case the drive does die.

Once you've backed-up, run the manufacturer's diagnostics and see if you need to RMA the drive or not.

Neoni · 25 Mar 2006 at 13:02

nope cant get into the drive at all, wont boot my machine.

Neoni · 25 Mar 2006 at 13:06

anyway of putting the harddrive that wont boot into this machine that works? and seeing if i can get files of it?

basmic · 25 Mar 2006 at 13:27

Only thing I would do is completely remove the disk from the machine, install XP on to another HD, plug the old HD in alongside the temporary one and see if you can browse it.

Or just plug into another machine with XP installed, and try browsing it.

Neoni · 25 Mar 2006 at 13:42

is it safe to do so basmic without messing up the other computer?

basmic · 25 Mar 2006 at 14:01

Neon said:
is it safe to do so basmic without messing up the other computer?

Can't see how it would - all you're doing is adding another hard-drive to it. Only this hard-drive has your data on it.

Neoni · 25 Mar 2006 at 14:04

right its on but now its not letting me get into my documents "access is denied" it did have a password on it.

UKDTweak · 25 Mar 2006 at 14:10

The new machine will have a different SID for the account you logged in with, compared to the account you use on the drive from the other machine, this means you wont be able to access it through windows on another pc.....

Neoni · 25 Mar 2006 at 14:13

no way of changing it? it all works but i cant access my documents under my name "iTank" is the harddrive borked or could it be something else?

Paul11 · 25 Mar 2006 at 14:18

is it not letting you access it because of the password of because it just doesnt seem to read the drive ?

if its just because of a different password there is a way around it...

if it s because the drive wont read, then it sounds like a faulty HD

Neoni · 25 Mar 2006 at 14:24

in my machine it wont boot the drive, when using it as a slave in another machine i can access it, but not my folders due to the password protection. i believe.

id like to get files off the drive and also get to boot in my normal machine.

Paul11 · 25 Mar 2006 at 14:36

well, there is a way around the password problem, i had the same thing a while ago and found a solution on google (microsoft) ill see if i can dig it out..

if i were you, once you can, back up all your data and do run some software to test your HD.

basmic · 25 Mar 2006 at 16:33

What's the exact message it gives you?

Paul11 · 25 Mar 2006 at 17:36

i think this was it..:

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=308421

Neoni · 25 Mar 2006 at 19:10

put it this way i tryed it in slave it worked, i took it back to my normal machine plugged it in, all fine?

no ideas what was going on, thanks a lot though.

-Alex.