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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! |
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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 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! |
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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 . com... 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! |
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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! |
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