Startup Error Message

[Tom Tinmouth]

Hi Everyone,

I'm running a Compaq Evo N1015v notebook.
On starting my machine this morning, I was almost instantly shown an error
message as follows:-

"A disk read error occurred
Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart"

This happened once before and my only solution at that time was to use the
system restore disks as supplied by Compaq, losing all my data. I'm
determined not to do that this time as I've now got my machine just as I
want it.
I'm running Windows XP Pro as installed by the Compaq restore disks, with
all the latest MS updates added. Compaq supplied a Win XP Pro disk and I've
tried a repair from it but it boots to a checking your hardware message then
just hangs.

Anyone got any ideas how to recover from this?

Thanks in advance

 

[Malke]

Hi Everyone,

I'm running a Compaq Evo N1015v notebook.
On starting my machine this morning, I was almost instantly shown an
error message as follows:-

"A disk read error occurred
Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart"

This happened once before and my only solution at that time was to use
the system restore disks as supplied by Compaq, losing all my data.
I'm determined not to do that this time as I've now got my machine
just as I want it.
I'm running Windows XP Pro as installed by the Compaq restore disks,
with all the latest MS updates added. Compaq supplied a Win XP Pro
disk and I've tried a repair from it but it boots to a checking your
hardware message then just hangs.

Anyone got any ideas how to recover from this?

Thanks in advance

Test your hard drive with a utility from the drive mftr. Usually you
will make a bootable floppy and boot with it. Do a thorough test. It
sounds like your hard drive is failing, and no amount of tinkering with
Windows (software) will heal a hardware problem.

Malke

 

[Gerry Cornell]

Tom

Any error reports in Event Viewer? If yes post a copy.


Make an exact note of the precise text of any error message. Minor
discrepancies can
make it harder to search for information about the error message.

You can access Event Viewer by selecting Start, Administrative Tools, Event
Viewer.
When researching the meaning of the error, information regarding Event ID,
Source
and Description are important.

HOW TO: View and Manage Event Logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308427&Product=winxp

Part of the Description of the error will include a link, which you should
double click
for further information and you can copy using copy and paste.
http://go.microsoft.com/fw.link/events.asp
(Please note the hyperlink above is for illustration purposes only)

A tip for posting copies of Error Reports! Run Event Viewer and double click
on the
error you want to copy. In the window, which appears is a button resembling
two
pages. Double click the button and close Event Viewer. Now start your
message
(email) and do a paste into the body of the message. This will paste the
info from the
Event Viewer Error Report complete with links into the message. Make sure
this is
the first paste after exiting from Event Viewer.



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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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[Tom Tinmouth]

Test your hard drive with a utility from the drive mftr. Usually you
will make a bootable floppy and boot with it. Do a thorough test. It
sounds like your hard drive is failing, and no amount of tinkering with
Windows (software) will heal a hardware problem.

Malke
--
MS MVP - Windows Shell/User
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"

Hi Malke

I tested the drive with Hitachi Drive fitness test and it came out healthy,
no faults whatsoever, even with the advanced tests.

I'm guessing its some sort of MBR or partition error, it isn't even starting
to load windows. I downloaded the floppy installation disks for XP and they
either ask for the repair disk (which I don't have) or to format for a new
installation, which I'm trying to avoid.

Hope you can think of something.

 

[Tom Tinmouth]

Hi Gerry

I can't open the event viewer as I can't load Windows

I tested the drive with Hitachi Drive fitness test and it came out healthy,
no faults whatsoever, even with the advanced tests.

I'm guessing its some sort of MBR or partition error, it isn't even starting
to load windows. I downloaded the floppy installation disks for XP and they
either ask for the repair disk (which I don't have) or to format for a new
installation, which I'm trying to avoid.

Hope you can think of something.

--
Tom Tinmouth

Tom

Any error reports in Event Viewer? If yes post a copy.


Make an exact note of the precise text of any error message. Minor
discrepancies can
make it harder to search for information about the error message.

You can access Event Viewer by selecting Start, Administrative Tools, Event
Viewer.
When researching the meaning of the error, information regarding Event ID,
Source
and Description are important.

HOW TO: View and Manage Event Logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308427&Product=winxp

Part of the Description of the error will include a link, which you should
double click
for further information and you can copy using copy and paste.
http://go.microsoft.com/fw.link/events.asp
(Please note the hyperlink above is for illustration purposes only)

A tip for posting copies of Error Reports! Run Event Viewer and double click
on the
error you want to copy. In the window, which appears is a button resembling
two
pages. Double click the button and close Event Viewer. Now start your
message
(email) and do a paste into the body of the message. This will paste the
info from the
Event Viewer Error Report complete with links into the message. Make sure
this is
the first paste after exiting from Event Viewer.



~~~~~~


Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
FCA

Stourport, Worcs, England
Enquire, plan and execute.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Please tell the newsgroup how any
suggested solution worked for you.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 

[Malke]

Hi Gerry

I can't open the event viewer as I can't load Windows

I tested the drive with Hitachi Drive fitness test and it came out
healthy, no faults whatsoever, even with the advanced tests.

I'm guessing its some sort of MBR or partition error, it isn't even
starting to load windows. I downloaded the floppy installation disks
for XP and they either ask for the repair disk (which I don't have) or
to format for a new installation, which I'm trying to avoid.

Hope you can think of something.

Perhaps the issue is with the connector on the motherboard then. If your
machine is under warranty, it might be a good idea to take it to a
Compaq official repair center and have them check it out.

Malke

 

[Gerry Cornell]

Tom

Does it Start in Safe Mode or using a Boot disk?

--

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
FCA

Stourport, Worcs, England
Enquire, plan and execute.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Please tell the newsgroup how any
suggested solution worked for you.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Hi Gerry

I can't open the event viewer as I can't load Windows

I tested the drive with Hitachi Drive fitness test and it came out healthy,
no faults whatsoever, even with the advanced tests.

I'm guessing its some sort of MBR or partition error, it isn't even starting
to load windows. I downloaded the floppy installation disks for XP and they
either ask for the repair disk (which I don't have) or to format for a new
installation, which I'm trying to avoid.

Hope you can think of something.

--
Tom Tinmouth

Tom

Any error reports in Event Viewer? If yes post a copy.


Make an exact note of the precise text of any error message. Minor
discrepancies can
make it harder to search for information about the error message.

You can access Event Viewer by selecting Start, Administrative Tools, Event
Viewer.
When researching the meaning of the error, information regarding Event ID,
Source
and Description are important.

HOW TO: View and Manage Event Logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308427&Product=winxp

 

[Kelly]

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