A disc read error occurred

I have a Compaq Presario 5000, with the original mother board that
came with it. Also, I just got a brand new Seagate 40 GB Barracuda ATA
HD. So, I don't know if my problem is the HD or the mother board

Since I was having problems getting the computer to boot (problem that
originated with a nasty virus), I formated the HD in a different
computer and loaded Windows XP in it, which worked fine in the other
PC. In mine I'm getting the error: "a disk read error occurred Press
Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart" after the Compaq logo shows up

This is my only computer and I'm getting a headache trying to fix
this. Please help!!!!!!!!!! Thanks to everyone for any help or tips in
advance!

Is it jumpered Cable Select?

Also, installing XP on a hard drive on a different machine, unless it is
IDENTICALLY configured will rarely work. XP, during the install, configures
way to much uniquely to the machine.

Tom
"Josh" wrote in message
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I have a Compaq Presario 5000, with the original mother board that
came with it. Also, I just got a brand new Seagate 40 GB Barracuda ATA
HD. So, I don't know if my problem is the HD or the mother board

Since I was having problems getting the computer to boot (problem that
originated with a nasty virus), I formated the HD in a different
computer and loaded Windows XP in it, which worked fine in the other
PC. In mine I'm getting the error: "a disk read error occurred Press
Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart" after the Compaq logo shows up

This is my only computer and I'm getting a headache trying to fix
this. Please help!!!!!!!!!! Thanks to everyone for any help or tips in
advance!

Yes. It is extremely likely that the disk read error is caused by different
disk I/O chipsets between the two computers.

There is no possibility of virus contamination of the Seagate Barracuda drive if
it is installed on the Presario 5000 and Windows XP installed from scratch
directly from either a Microsoft Windows XP CD or a Compaq restore CD.

.... Ben Myers

On Wed, 18 Aug 2004 05:12:36 -0400, "Tom Scales" wrote:

Is it jumpered Cable Select?

Also, installing XP on a hard drive on a different machine, unless it is
IDENTICALLY configured will rarely work. XP, during the install, configures
way to much uniquely to the machine.

Tom
"Josh" wrote in message
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I have a Compaq Presario 5000, with the original mother board that
came with it. Also, I just got a brand new Seagate 40 GB Barracuda ATA
HD. So, I don't know if my problem is the HD or the mother board

Since I was having problems getting the computer to boot (problem that
originated with a nasty virus), I formated the HD in a different
computer and loaded Windows XP in it, which worked fine in the other
PC. In mine I'm getting the error: "a disk read error occurred Press
Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart" after the Compaq logo shows up

This is my only computer and I'm getting a headache trying to fix
this. Please help!!!!!!!!!! Thanks to everyone for any help or tips in
advance!

LOL

"Josh" wrote in message
om...
I have a Compaq Presario 5000, with the original mother board that
came with it. Also, I just got a brand new Seagate 40 GB Barracuda ATA
HD. So, I don't know if my problem is the HD or the mother board

Since I was having problems getting the computer to boot (problem that
originated with a nasty virus), I formated the HD in a different
computer and loaded Windows XP in it, which worked fine in the other
PC. In mine I'm getting the error: "a disk read error occurred Press
Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart" after the Compaq logo shows up

This is my only computer and I'm getting a headache trying to fix
this. Please help!!!!!!!!!! Thanks to everyone for any help or tips in
advance!