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Disk Read Error

its your boot sector, do the fixmbr method that thoughtdisorder has suggested, and if you cant do that, install grub..
 
fixmbr didn't work. It did say something about being invalid, though it didnt fix it. Chkdsk hangs at 50% after doing it.

EDIT: Cancel that. It does go, just very slowly. It's still running.
 
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OK, FIXMBR didn't work. What now?
 
attempt to use nother SATA socket on the mobo? I've had issues like that and it worked. My mobo was kinda wack.
after chkdsk runs, throw your HDD in a freezer and see if that works. if it does, back up what you can your HDD is dead.
 
Rurouni Strife said:
attempt to use nother SATA socket on the mobo? I've had issues like that and it worked. My mobo was kinda wack.
after chkdsk runs, throw your HDD in a freezer and see if that works. if it does, back up what you can your HDD is dead.
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Yeah, I've tried 2 different SATA ports on my board, neither work.

@modder: As I've said about 3 times before in the thread, I can't do anything with the disk. That includes anything to do with Windows.
 
Ben Clarke said:
@modder: As I've said about 3 times before in the thread, I can't do anything with the disk. That includes anything to do with Windows.
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No Ben, actually modder's got a point.

Power down your system completely. When you power it back on immediately hold down your F8 key until a screen appears. Hopefully the screen will have the option to boot to "last known good configuration" - (something like that). Highlight it and hit ENTER key.
 
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Nope. Didn't work.
 
Some stuff to try:

1. Boot with XP CD.

2. Press R to load the Recovery Console.

3. Type bootcfg.

This should fix any boot.ini errors causing setup not to see the XP OS install.

If it doesn't work.................

Reboot, this time taking the immediate R option and if the CD letter is say K: give these commands

copy K:\i386\ntldr C:\
copy K:\i386\ntdetect.com C:\


1. Type: attrib -h -r -s C:\boot.ini del C:\boot.ini

2. Type: BootCfg /Rebuild

which will get rid of any damaged boot.ini, search the disk for systems and make a new one.

If that still doesn't work...
Did you try a normal Windows Repair, not through the console?
 
OK, I tried all of that, it didn't work... would now be a good time to give in and get a new drive? I can order one tonight and have it here by tomorrow if so... I'm fairly sure it's not the mothebroard because it POSTs fine, normal beep and everything, just this that doesn't work. Memtest86 is fine, can boot from CD, just nothing to do with the drive... would a new drive just be easier? I think it's physically damaged, my dad put a new door on my room while I was out, so some wood dust may have got in and damaged the circuitry? Or a mechanical failure because it's a 4 year old drive? Any more suggestions, or new drive time?
 
Hate to say it, but maybe it is new HD time. If that's the case, once you get your new drive you may be able to use the freezer trick to get your data off the old drive......
 
thoughtdisorder said:
Hate to say it, but maybe it is new HD time. If that's the case, once you get your new drive you may be able to use the freezer trick to get your data off the old drive......
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Well maybe he could boot it up as NOT a bootable drive it's happened to me before..
 
OK, thanks for your help guys. Ordering a 160GB drive in a few minutes, it'll be here tomorow (hopefully).
 
yeah definatly time for new hard drive. Why not get bigger than 160gb though? Can get a lot better for your money. My friend showed me a 750gb for $100 on NCIX.
 
agm_ultimatex said:
yeah definatly time for new hard drive. Why not get bigger than 160gb though? Can get a lot better for your money. My friend showed me a 750gb for $100 on NCIX.
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Can only afford a 160GB. Anyway, just got here, installed Ubuntu, working fine. Going to install Vista, as soon as I find the disk.

Cheers guys.

Ben.
 
Running fine. Previous HDD score in Vista was 5.2, now it's 5.6 (I'm putting that down to my outdated chipset though.) And, I don't have to wait 5 minutes for a map in Crysis to load anymore! YAY!
 
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