Hard Drive Error

[sorn21]

Hi guys,

Was just playing a wee game of L4D2, when all of a sudden the game starts stuttering, spluttering, then dies.

Restart the rig and I get a message after post saying;

"Drive Read Error
Ctrl + Alt + Del to restart"

What does this meeeean?!

I restarted and the same message flashed up, and again, and again.
Opened up case, reseated drive, reseated SATA cables, restarted first time.

my boot drive is a 500GB F3,
any ideas?

 

[sorn21]

Sorry, once I removed and reseated connectors, then it booted first time.

Works no bother now, but I'm worried about whats causing it, will it happen again, and is this a warning?!

 

[sorn21]

At the risk of sounding like an idiot, whats a power cycle?
Is it to do with the disk spinning up, but not getting to operating speed?

Thanks for your suggestions btw