Getting rid of "A Disk Read Error Occured. Press CTRL+ALT+DEL to restart" error.

suranga84

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    Getting rid of "A Disk Read Error Occured. Press CTRL+ALT+DEL to restart" error.

    I am getting the "A Disk Read Error Occurred. Press CTRL+ALT+DEL to restart" error message.
    ‍Yesterday I went to boot my computer then I got the above error. I tried repeatedly to restart, each boot ended with the same disk read error. When I pressed F8 to go into SafeMode, nothing happened. also hard disk gives a abnormal sound.
    Hard disk :
    Maxtor 80.0GB 7200RPM IDE:(
    Any information to fix this problem would be greatly appreciated
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    suranga84

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    EBUWE...
    if you don't need the floppy Drive...you can just simply got to
    My Computer--->Manage--->Device manager---> then Disable the Drive...it''l fix the issue i think...:)
    this is not abt floppy drive. this is abt my hard disk. i cnt log in to windows.:dull:
     

    Malinga

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    vena pc ekakata gahala ho vena hard disk ekakin boot karala ho hard eke data backup karaganna. godak vita data ganna puluvan vai. eeta passe karana ekak karanna. moko saddayakuth enavanum hard eke bad sectors ehema thiyenna ida thiyanava. oyaa digatama restart karana eken eeka thava vadivai. eeta kalin vadagath data ain karana ekai honda.

    eeta passe oyaata puluvan scan disk vage ekak daala repair karala balanna. ehema hari nogiyoth low level format ekak karala balanna. habai head eke gataluvak ho hard eka damage vegena enava vagenum eeva vunath karanna dena ekak nae.
     
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    suranga84

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    vena pc ekakata gahala ho vena hard disk ekakin boot karala ho hard eke data backup karaganna. godak vita data ganna puluvan vai. eeta passe karana ekak karanna. moko saddayakuth enavanum hard eke bad sectors ehema thiyenna ida thiyanava. oyaa digatama restart karana eken eeka thava vadivai. eeta kalin vadagath data ain karana ekai honda.

    eeta passe oyaata puluvan scan disk vage ekak daala repair karala balanna. ehema hari nogiyoth low level format ekak karala balanna. habai head eke gataluvak ho hard eka damage vegena enava vagenum eeva vunath karanna dena ekak nae.
    එහෙමද බං. xp cd 1කින් බූට් කරන්න හැදුවත් බෑ. ටකස් ගාලා සද්දයක් එනවා. මේක වෙන pc එකකට ගැහුවොත් ඒකටත් අවුලක් වෙන්න ඉඩ තියෙනවද
     

    dilrasan

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    හත් ඉලව්වෙ!
    එහෙමද බං. xp cd 1කින් බූට් කරන්න හැදුවත් බෑ. ටකස් ගාලා සද්දයක් එනවා. මේක වෙන pc එකකට ගැහුවොත් ඒකටත් අවුලක් වෙන්න ඉඩ තියෙනවද

    ne ne...ehema anith P walata awlak wenne nehe...data mukuth thiyenawanan recover(backup) ekak daganna....eeta passe karana deyak try karanna...man balannam monada karanna puluwan dewal kiyala...poddak hoyala kiyannam...:)
     

    Malinga

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    එහෙමද බං. xp cd 1කින් බූට් කරන්න හැදුවත් බෑ. ටකස් ගාලා සද්දයක් එනවා. මේක වෙන pc එකකට ගැහුවොත් ඒකටත් අවුලක් වෙන්න ඉඩ තියෙනවද

    ehema saddayak enava kiyanne godak vita head eke avulak thiyenna puluvan. anith pc ekakata gahavvama venna puluvan ekama dee thamai e pc ekath load novi stuck veema me hard eka gahala thiyena velavedi. habai godak velavakata passe load vennath ida thiyanava ehema vunath. ehema nathuva ikkmanin load velaa oyaage damage velaa thiyana hard eka pennanavanum oyaata pahasuven data backup karaganna puluvan vena device ekakata. e pc ekata haniyak venne nae. eeka nisaa oyaa gahala balanna.
     

    dilrasan

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    හත් ඉලව්වෙ!
    Possible Fix:-

    go into the BIOS and manually set the advanced settings for the Primary Master, (my Hard Drive). Most of the time these settings will be set to "AUTO".

    The important change here was changing to "UDMA = 0".
    (In BIOS go to ADVANCED then HARD DISK then change Type from "Auto" to "User" then change DMA mode to UDMA=0 (UDMA zero).)

     

    dilrasan

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    හත් ඉලව්වෙ!
    Mehemai Scene eka yanne...man forum tiakk searh karala beluwa...

    mulinma meka karanna...
    "Try to reset the BIOS (disconnect power, take the battery out for 10-20 minutes). If that doesn't help then I am afraid that there is a problem with the motherboard it needs to be replaced. I hope it's still under guarantee."

    oka karala harigiye neththan Motherboard awlak wennath puluwan kiyalai kiyanne...:baffled:
    danne ne hariyatama...ehemai kiyala thiyenne...oka trusted technician kenek kiyala thibune..;)
     

    suranga84

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    SATA namai eeka IDE. e kohoma vunath IDE cable eka maru karala ha master slave maru karala gahala balana eka hondai thamai :)
    මචන් මගේ මදර් බෝඩ් එක d865 pearl
    මේකට සාටා ගහන්න පුලුවනිද
     

    suranga84

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    EBUWE...
    Possible Fix:-

    go into the BIOS and manually set the advanced settings for the Primary Master, (my Hard Drive). Most of the time these settings will be set to "AUTO".

    The important change here was changing to "UDMA = 0".
    (In BIOS go to ADVANCED then HARD DISK then change Type from "Auto" to "User" then change DMA mode to UDMA=0 (UDMA zero).)
    මේක කලා බං හරි ගියේ නෑ
     

    suranga84

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  • Nov 20, 2006
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    EBUWE...
    Possible Fix:-

    go into the BIOS and manually set the advanced settings for the Primary Master, (my Hard Drive). Most of the time these settings will be set to "AUTO".

    The important change here was changing to "UDMA = 0".
    (In BIOS go to ADVANCED then HARD DISK then change Type from "Auto" to "User" then change DMA mode to UDMA=0 (UDMA zero).)
    මේක කලාම මෙහෙම එනවා

    Reboot and Select proper Boot Device
    or Insert boot Media in selected Boot Device
     

    Malinga

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    මචන් මගේ මදර් බෝඩ් එක d865 pearl
    මේකට සාටා ගහන්න පුලුවනිද

    man hithanne SATA port 2 thiyanava. oyaata balanna puluvan vai motherboard eke athi.