error message says Windows cannot read from the disk.

Question

I have a Dell Notebook 9300 Insperion: and this

error message says Windows cannot read from the disk. The disk might be corrupt, or it could be using a format that is not compatible with windows. Then it says Disk is not Formtted." It has been doing this for about 3 months now/.

What causes this? I don't remember removing or changing anything. How does it just disappear and how come I have no memory left even on the C:/ drive.

a ny help is greatly appreciated!!!

"when I go into the D:/ it says I have no free space! that means no memory right? from what I can find in the help & support, I need to uninstall the driver and re-install it..

Skybird · Answer

What Operating system do you have?  What kind of disc are you trying to read?Is it a DVD or a CD?  Is it a blank disc or a data disc?

usujmp2 · Answer

i have an insperion 9300 windows xp, any cd data, music,, software, a burnt cd... it does nothing...it will play a movie on dvd... I am going to just have to call dell, it shows i have no memory on my hard drive C:/ and non on D:/

Skybird · Answer

Run the Dell Diagnostics on the drive .............

http://support.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/dsn/en/document?c=us&docid=A9E3A15597A04AFBB02EE16785D39C5C&journalid=9BF2CFCC434411DBB08ADFC1CEB4ABB7&l=en&s=gen

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error message says Windows cannot read from the disk.

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