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Disk read error?
Name: awarapan Date: March 29, 2008 at 20:41:11 Pacific OS: XP Pro SP2 CPU/Ram: P4 Product: Dell
Comment:
Computer is a Pentium 4 with a SATA 80GB drive and XP Pro SP2.
My windows recently crashed (something about a corrupt hal.dll file). I restarted the computer only to get the following error:
"A disk read error occurred Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart"
I don't think the drive is physically damaged. I also cannot repair Windows (for some reason I don't get that option on the boot disc).
Is there anything I can do in the recovery console?
Name: aegis Date: March 29, 2008 at 21:09:28 Pacific
Reply:
Make sure your drive is ok. Use the Recovery Console to run chkdsk /r
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Response Number 3
Name: awarapan Date: March 30, 2008 at 11:31:24 Pacific
Reply:
After running Recovery Console and doing the chkdsk /r /p, the process stopped at 25%, and I got a message saying: 'The volume appears to contain one or more unrecoverable problems'.
Also I cannot delete/modify the boot.ini to rebuild. Also directory listing fails: 'error occurred during directory enumeration.'
Please help.
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Response Number 4
Name: awarapan Date: March 31, 2008 at 23:21:42 Pacific
Reply:
Okay well I ran SeaTools and it failed the short diagnostic test. Also ran the long test in DOS and it gave me over 50 errors in less than 1%.
Is it done? =(
I don't hear any strange mechanical noises or smells.
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