text: Disk Read Error Occured - Windows XP, 2000, 2003, NT
  Started by Phirestorm , Nov 12 2005 05:57 PM
  Posted 12 November 2005 - 05:57 PM
  I was working on my computer and it began to freeze up. I turned the computer off, restarted it, and received the message "Disk Read Error Occured." It then said to hit Ctrl-Alt-Del to reboot.
  When I pressed Ctrl-Alt-Del to reboot, I pressed F8 to try to enter safe mode. The bars move across the screen at an EXTREMELY slow rate (one bar every 5 minutes, if that). Can you offer some advice as to what it wrong and what I can do to remedy it?
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  I have a compaq laptop Evo n610c with XP Pro. I am experiencing the above problem but cannot get it to respond with Ctrl+Alt+Del except to the F10 (setup) or back to the Disk Read Error Occurred message. I cannot get it to respond with F8 either. Does anyone have an idea how to get passed this roadblock?
  Posted 28 May 2010 - 04:00 AM
  ... Disk Read Error Occurred
  Once a hard drive dies, the only option is to replace it.
  (ALL hard drives will die. They're mechanical, with moving parts. Moving parts wear out. And, once they do, that's it. Time for a new hard drive).
  Edited by SpywareDr, 28 May 2010 - 04:01 AM.
  Posted 28 May 2010 - 12:07 PM
  So you think this is a hard drive failure. The hard drive is under warranty so that can be handled. Thanks
  Posted 29 May 2010 - 03:44 AM
  So you think this is a hard drive failure.
  I'd hook it up to a different machine to be sure. If it also came up with the same "Disk Read Error", then yes, the drive needs to be replaced.
  The hard drive is under warranty so that can be handled. Thanks
  Posted 29 May 2010 - 05:11 AM
  All the disk read errors I have run across are a failed (mechanically) hard drive.
  Slave it to another computer and see if you can access it.
  Try running the drive manufacturers diagnostics on it. You can do that one while it is still in the computer because the drive diagnostics runs from a bootable cd.