Guest Peter Phillips Posted September 30, 2008 Posted September 30, 2008 My anti-virus subscription ran out. I had been going to change the program (Panda) anyway because they've stopped catering for W2K. I went for Sophos. I uninstalled Panda then - stupidly forgetting I hadn't immediately rebooted - I installed Sophos. A restart produced: Verifying DMI Pool Data Boot from CD: Boot from CD: A disc read error occurred Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart That's as far as it will go.I don't even have access to my second W2K emergency installation on HD5. Any ideas, anyone? Thanks
Guest Pegasus \(MVP\) Posted September 30, 2008 Posted September 30, 2008 Re: A disc read error occurred "Peter Phillips" <pfphillips 19@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message news:27qq7j.kie.17.1@news.alt.net... > My anti-virus subscription ran out. I had been going to change the program > (Panda) anyway because they've stopped catering for W2K. I went for > Sophos. I uninstalled Panda then - stupidly forgetting I hadn't > immediately rebooted - I installed Sophos. A restart produced: > > Verifying DMI Pool Data > Boot from CD: > Boot from CD: > > A disc read error occurred > Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart > > That's as far as it will go.I don't even have access to my second W2K > emergency installation on HD5. > Any ideas, anyone? > Thanks I would set the BIOS to boot from the hard disk. I would also remove the CD from its drive.
Guest Peter Phillips Posted September 30, 2008 Posted September 30, 2008 Re: A disc read error occurred "Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@fly.com.oz> wrote in message news:uvTx5c0IJHA.3708@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > > "Peter Phillips" <pfphillips 19@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message > news:27qq7j.kie.17.1@news.alt.net... >> My anti-virus subscription ran out. I had been going to change the >> program (Panda) anyway because they've stopped catering for W2K. I went >> for Sophos. I uninstalled Panda then - stupidly forgetting I hadn't >> immediately rebooted - I installed Sophos. A restart produced: >> >> Verifying DMI Pool Data >> Boot from CD: >> Boot from CD: >> >> A disc read error occurred >> Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart >> >> That's as far as it will go.I don't even have access to my second W2K >> emergency installation on HD5. >> Any ideas, anyone? >> Thanks > > I would set the BIOS to boot from the hard disk. I would also remove the > CD from its drive. Thanks a lot for this. After making the change I got the same message (minus the 2 lines about Boot from CD). I restarted, pressed F10, and picked last known Good Config., which allowed me in. I'm now in a quandary. Should I reboot as is, or is there something I can do to stabilize things first? Why do you think I'm gettin the disc read error? What program can I run to check what the problem is now that I have Admin tools available? Thanks.
Guest philo Posted September 30, 2008 Posted September 30, 2008 Re: A disc read error occurred "Peter Phillips" <pfphillips 19@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message news:27qvcn.943.17.1@news.alt.net... > > "Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@fly.com.oz> wrote in message > news:uvTx5c0IJHA.3708@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > > > > "Peter Phillips" <pfphillips 19@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message > > news:27qq7j.kie.17.1@news.alt.net... > >> My anti-virus subscription ran out. I had been going to change the > >> program (Panda) anyway because they've stopped catering for W2K. I went > >> for Sophos. I uninstalled Panda then - stupidly forgetting I hadn't > >> immediately rebooted - I installed Sophos. A restart produced: > >> > >> Verifying DMI Pool Data > >> Boot from CD: > >> Boot from CD: > >> > >> A disc read error occurred > >> Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart > >> > >> That's as far as it will go.I don't even have access to my second W2K > >> emergency installation on HD5. > >> Any ideas, anyone? > >> Thanks > > > > I would set the BIOS to boot from the hard disk. I would also remove the > > CD from its drive. > > Thanks a lot for this. After making the change I got the same message (minus > the 2 lines about Boot from CD). I restarted, pressed F10, and picked last > known Good Config., which allowed me in. > > I'm now in a quandary. Should I reboot as is, or is there something I can do > to stabilize things first? > > Why do you think I'm gettin the disc read error? What program can I run to > check what the problem is now that I have Admin tools available? > > Thanks. > > HD may be failing...backup your data AT ONCE next run the mfg's HD diagnostic...usually a free download from the mfg of your drive
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