disc read error

[dartslf via WindowsKB.com]

When i turn on power the system comes to life,i get the single beep (post)ok
but when it has gone through all the screen info and gets to verifying pool
data i get - disc read error,use control alt del to continue and it all
starts all over again.

 

[Tim Slattery]

When i turn on power the system comes to life,i get the single beep (post)ok
but when it has gone through all the screen info and gets to verifying pool
data i get - disc read error,use control alt del to continue and it all
starts all over again.

So it's having trouble reading the disk. Open the case and make sure
that the data and power cables connecting the disk to the computer are
securely seated. (You could enter the BIOS setup and make sure that
the proper SATA ports are turned on, and the BIOS is properly set to
find your drive(s). But that should have been set correctly before you
started having difficulty, and the BIOS setup is rarely entered, so
IMHO it's unlikely that the problem is there.)

Most likely, your disk drive has died. You'll have to have another
installed. You can probably recover data from your dead disk, but
you'll have to send it to a company like Ontrack, and it won't be
cheap.

 

[dartslf via WindowsKB.com]

Thanks,i have changed the hdd(ide)and still get the same message.

 

[Tim Slattery]

Thanks,i have changed the hdd(ide)and still get the same message.

I didn't mention it because it's much less likely than the disk dying,
but if it's not the disk, and not a BIOS setting it could be the
controller on the motherboard. Also, try a different cable, there's a
small change that it has developed a problem.

 

[Rock]

When i turn on power the system comes to life,i get the single beep
(post)ok
but when it has gone through all the screen info and gets to verifying
pool
data i get - disc read error,use control alt del to continue and it all
starts all over again.

Download a drive diagnostic utility from the drive manufacturer's web site.
That will create a bootable floppy or CD. Boot from that and run the
diagnostics to see if the drive is the problem. As Tim said this is some
sort of hardware issue, not an XP OS issue.