disk read error

Question

I spilled a drink on my 8200 inspiron laptop keybroad   now when i boot up the blue dell screen comes up and then error:                                         a disk read error occurred press ctrl+alt+del to restart ,but will not do anything when i do that.So when the blue screen comes up i hit f2 to set up and then i can't do anything else??WHAT DO I DO NOW???

jankerson · Answer

Well take it apart and dry it out. After a few days to make sure it is really dry put it back together and hope for the best.

RoadiJeff · Answer

Sapphiree,

Instructions on how to remove the keyboard can be found at this link. It's for the Inspiron 8100 but it'll apply to yours as well.

http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/ins8100/en/sm_en/remove.htm?c=us&l=en&s=dhs&cs=19

Rijko · Answer

hi,

is there a floppy in the drive ?

You can take the floppy drive out, and the cd/dvd.

Try booting and while you do that listen closely to the harddisk - is it spinning up ? Or up and down, or not at all ?

And do you get the same 'disk read' error ?

sapphiree · Answer

I open up the keyboard, its all looks really clean and  good, still no luck on getting it booted up .My number keys work now I updated the time and date in setup but counld not change the pages in setup?   also when i do turn it on i hear it trying to boot up, but it just does not ...?

sapphiree · Answer

i know how to remove the hd but not the cd/drive.

sapphiree · Answer

yes i toke them out and YES its spinning up.

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