Disk Read Error.....dead?

[sandy10]

Hi guys

I have(had?) a Toshiba Equium u400-124 laptop with Vista Home Premium 32 installed.

Last night it just crashed, so I rebooted, and a message came up with "a disk read error occured, press ctrl+alt+del to restart".

This reappeared when I did the above. I received no disks/dvd's with the pc when i brought it, so created a "vista recovery disk" on my desktop pc and tried it.

It says "windows is loading files", goes through the "egg timer" windows part, but then just hangs on a black screen (the arrow cursor is visible and moveable).

I left it all night after trying it a multitude of times, but still black.

Any clues?

I have read that I will need an original Vista disc to boot from?


Regards

 

[sandy10]

Hi.

The HDD is listed.

Is there anywhere I can download the HR disc as opposed to purchasing it?

Would it be worth inserting a copy of Vista - I thought this would offer a repair tool?

 

[sandy10]

can't gain access to the bios!

 

[sandy10]

I've tried using a windows vista disc I borrowed, but it doesn't work - still hangs.

Is it worth getting the Toshiba Recovery disc then?