Guest heath allyn Posted July 30, 2008 Posted July 30, 2008 SO I think I know what I did to cause this problem (using a third party defragger with a SATA HD without having a hotfix that I didn't know about until I had the problem...see http://support.microsoft.com/kb/941715/en) but now every time I try to boot it just says "disk read error" and "press ctrl-alt-del to reboot" The weird thing is that I can mount the HD in an external enclosure and browse all the files. I can get into the recovery console and it sees the installation. I can run chkdsk. I can run a repair install. Nonw of this has worked though, still "disk read error". As a last resort I tried fixboot and fixmbr, but still nothing. I've run several diagnostic programs that detect no problems with the hard drive. Is there any hope other than reformat/reinstall?
Guest sgopus Posted July 30, 2008 Posted July 30, 2008 RE: Any way past the "Disk Read Error"? Since you can read the data but not boot from it, I suggest you get everything off that you want, buy a new hd and trash the old one, as this could be a hardware related issue, I once had an older hd that failed in an older pc, (wouldn't boot) but would boot in the newer pc, it failed after a few months in the newer pc, refusing to boot. "heath allyn" wrote: > SO I think I know what I did to cause this problem (using a third party > defragger with a SATA HD without having a hotfix that I didn't know about > until I had the problem...see http://support.microsoft.com/kb/941715/en) > > but now every time I try to boot it just says "disk read error" and "press > ctrl-alt-del to reboot" > > The weird thing is that I can mount the HD in an external enclosure and > browse all the files. I can get into the recovery console and it sees the > installation. I can run chkdsk. I can run a repair install. Nonw of this has > worked though, still "disk read error". As a last resort I tried fixboot and > fixmbr, but still nothing. I've run several diagnostic programs that detect > no problems with the hard drive. Is there any hope other than > reformat/reinstall?
Guest Andrew E. Posted July 30, 2008 Posted July 30, 2008 RE: Any way past the "Disk Read Error"? Re-enter recovery console,type:Listsvc Scroll thru the services & write down anything related to that diskdefrag software,once thru,exit,type: Disable Follow the directions to disable the service(s),once thru,type: Fixboot Type:CHKDSK C: /R C: being the hd.Once thru,type:EXIT Let xp start,if it wont,at pc start,tap F8 key,select safe mode,enter as administrator. Also,in recovery,typing:HELP Gets info,also read kb307654 "heath allyn" wrote: > SO I think I know what I did to cause this problem (using a third party > defragger with a SATA HD without having a hotfix that I didn't know about > until I had the problem...see http://support.microsoft.com/kb/941715/en) > > but now every time I try to boot it just says "disk read error" and "press > ctrl-alt-del to reboot" > > The weird thing is that I can mount the HD in an external enclosure and > browse all the files. I can get into the recovery console and it sees the > installation. I can run chkdsk. I can run a repair install. Nonw of this has > worked though, still "disk read error". As a last resort I tried fixboot and > fixmbr, but still nothing. I've run several diagnostic programs that detect > no problems with the hard drive. Is there any hope other than > reformat/reinstall?
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