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Old 04-23-2004, 10:31 AM   #1
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Question drive problem

hi when i start my comp it reads "a disk read error occored" and i cant get my win xp home to start ( it stops their)
my system is
amd xp 2600+
asus a7v600 mb
maxtor sata hd msi graphics card
delta 44 sound card
512 mem
win xp home
if you can help me in solving this problem then you are godlike
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Old 04-23-2004, 10:34 AM   #2
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is the harddrive detected in your bios?
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i think so cause it worked before and i didnt see any change in the bios
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go into your bios on startup just to verify that it's showing up. i'm thinking it is because you're not getting an error eluding to the disk not being present.
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i show other boot device- scsi\onboard ata boot device
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Old 05-04-2004, 03:08 AM   #6
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disk read error

Goth,

Your other thread suggested running a repair install of win XP?

Did you and did it work? I am working on a Vaio with the same problem...
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