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

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I am facing problem with my Lap top(DELL LATITUDE D520).When I switched on the system I get a message as 'A disk read error occurred Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart'.  When I do a Ctrl+Alt+Del , I again get the same screen and same message I am not even able to go to safe mode by pressing F8 I am able to go only to F2-Set Up and F12 Boot Menu I am having lot of data in the system. Suggest any work around rather than formatting the machine

ejn63 · Answer

Most likely the hard drive has failed.  Power on, press F12, load the Dell diagnostics and run the extended -- not just the quick - hard drive test.

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