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April 27th, 2009 17:00
A disk read error occurred....
I have an Inspiron 6000 running XP and I received this error " A disk read error occurred press ctrl+alt+del to restart" when I tried to start my computer. I ran the diagnostics program and did not receive any errors. I also ran the chkdsk function in the XP recovery console and I received the message "the volume appears to contain one or more unrecoverable problems." Is it a hardware problem or an OS problem? I checked out the windows site and it said to reinstall windows. But if it isn't a OS problem than reinstalling windows won't fix anything.
Does anyone have any ideas how to fix this?
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osprey4
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April 27th, 2009 18:00
Hi, Raven:
My suggestion would be to run another diagnostic program, such as one provided by the hard drive manufacturer. Most of these can be run from the CD drive or a flash drive. That will separate the software issues from the hardware issues.
gideon_kim
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May 10th, 2009 09:00
How can I recover data from the disk drive that seems to have gone bad, making knocking noises.
80square
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May 10th, 2009 11:00
I have the same problem this morning. The disk drive is making a knocking noise as it tries to start Windows, and the system tries to reboot showing DELL post screen. When diagnostics is run, it'd give 1000-0146 and chkdsk /r gives "the volume appears to contain one or more unrecoverable problems" after ckecking 5%... Is there any way to recover the data on the failed drive? Unfortunately, my latest backup is 4 months old, and it would be a disaster to be unable to recover the data. THANKS in advance.