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Anonymous   09-09-2010 at 07:41:27 PM
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Hello,my laptop has suddenly decided to give me a lovely error message of "A disc read error occurred Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart...no problem, but guess what it just keeps on repeating the message! I cannot get pass the 'black' what I know as the 'dos screen. Can anyone throw any light on this infuriating problem? thanks folks

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Hellboy   09-09-2010 at 09:12:22 PM
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Hard disk problem...

You need to replace it with a new one, reinstall OS and programs and drivers
and transfer back the data off the old one..

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Mugz   09-10-2010 at 03:33:51 PM
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What Hellboy said.

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audiovoodoo   09-12-2010 at 12:45:51 PM
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Unless you were trying to run something from a CD/DVD at the time the error happened... however I suspect it's as per the first answer.

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Saga Lout   09-12-2010 at 06:13:21 PM
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audiovoodoo wrote :

Unless you were trying to run something from a CD/DVD at the time the error happened... however I suspect it's as per the first answer.

 


Could be worth slaving it into another box to run Checkdisk with the /r switch to repair. The OP is going to have to do this sooner or later for data recovery if nothing else. Dare I say a Hirens BootCD with MiniXP would do the trick as well.

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Hellboy   09-20-2010 at 09:26:50 AM
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Saga Lout wrote :


Could be worth slaving it into another box to run Checkdisk with the /r switch to repair. The OP is going to have to do this sooner or later for data recovery if nothing else. Dare I say a Hirens BootCD with MiniXP would do the trick as well.




Do not waste your time on this.


Disk error means it has a bad sector which it is a hard disk which is unreliable to use.

chkdsk will not solve this problem, full stop.

its like sticking rubbers to a bald tyre.


if you want to keep your machine working well, quick and reliable - replace the hard disk

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moomooman   09-20-2010 at 04:49:11 PM
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I would go with Saga Lout and run "chkdsk /r" before junking it, if you are willing to tinker a bit, you might save $$$ and be able to recover any data you cant afford to lose.

I get that error fairly frequently on drives in work and "chkdsk /r" gets them operational and loading into windows again.

However, I would not consider the drives to be reliable enough after seeing that problem to return them to a customer, but the drives continue to work perfectly fine in PCs in work where they are not running "mission critical" apps or storing priceless data.

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Hellboy   09-21-2010 at 12:24:35 AM
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moomooman wrote :

I would go with Saga Lout and run "chkdsk /r" before junking it, if you are willing to tinker a bit, you might save $$$ and be able to recover any data you cant afford to lose.

I get that error fairly frequently on drives in work and "chkdsk /r" gets them operational and loading into windows again.

However, I would not consider the drives to be reliable enough after seeing that problem to return them to a customer, but the drives continue to work perfectly fine in PCs in work where they are not running "mission critical" apps or storing priceless data.



for the sake of 40 - 50 quid is this worth all this agro....


if you do decide to go against the sensible grain op go for Western Digital... Best drives imho

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13thmonkey   09-21-2010 at 11:56:28 AM
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have installed a few momentus xt's recently, quite like them, although I only had 5400's before.

use chkdsk for data recovery only, not for getting it working again, buy the new hdd before you do it, so you won't be tempted to 'manage'and 'just be careful' for a while.

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das_stig   09-21-2010 at 11:33:25 PM
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if you short of ££ for the moment, run manufacturers diagnostic software, can sometimes extend the life by rerouting access to dodgy sectors out to the spares that most drives have, but keep backups.

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Saga Lout   09-22-2010 at 08:39:43 AM
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das_stig wrote :

if you short of ££ for the moment, run manufacturers diagnostic software, can sometimes extend the life by rerouting access to dodgy sectors out to the spares that most drives have, but keep backups.


[#c700ff]
Mindful of an e-mail I had the other day from Bluepoint - my regular supplier - that 2Tb HDDs are now under sixty quid, it may not be worth bothering too much

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Hellboy   09-22-2010 at 10:24:00 AM
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all this and its back to what i said and if you read what the op said its a laptop

they have only just released 1tb laptop hard disks

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das_stig   09-22-2010 at 10:25:24 PM
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A quick reread, dump the drive and get another new one, as its not being detected correctly during post and causing a hang.

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Hellboy   09-23-2010 at 11:49:40 PM
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So after all this rambling do we conclude that my orgional comment is correct.


Replace the hard disk...

Its a laptop.

Laptop hard disk are more prone to failure than desktop.

Do you want to risk loosing any further data.

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WingDing   09-24-2010 at 05:46:21 AM
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Just replace the bloody hard drive already..... jeez......

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Hellboy   09-24-2010 at 06:13:42 PM
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WingDing wrote :

Just replace the bloody hard drive already..... jeez......



Not even well done from the puss filled knob festating on every thing unsavory including Stavros's estranged daughters kebab special with salad and da chilli sauce..


Oh have you no shame....


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WingDing   09-24-2010 at 11:24:55 PM
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Shame? Wingdings don't even understand the concept.

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Hellboy   09-27-2010 at 09:54:00 PM
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>>>>>> walks in with hubble teliscope to examine Wingdings famous feature...


still cant see it....

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REYNOD   09-28-2010 at 02:33:15 AM
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Your looking through the wrong end of the telescope ...

What you though was Venezuela was in fact ...

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WingDing   09-28-2010 at 06:00:05 PM
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...Asia....

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audiovoodoo   09-30-2010 at 07:56:02 PM
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A-Small-Insignificant-Appendage?

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WingDing   09-30-2010 at 10:00:35 PM
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You know me so well... :(

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audiovoodoo   10-01-2010 at 03:46:41 PM
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... but your wife even better.

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Hellboy   10-02-2010 at 12:25:13 AM
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audiovoodoo wrote :

... but your wife even better.




funny u should say that, i know that feeling to and im in Essex :)

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audiovoodoo   10-02-2010 at 12:32:32 PM
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WingDing wrote :

Oy!!!! :(



But who would know you better than your wife?

Amazing how all those nights away alone affect a guys emotional security.

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