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October 13th 08, 01:40 AM
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My computer won't fully boot-up
I have a Windows Vista Home Premium 32 bit, everytime I start up my computer it tell's me to press F1 to continue or press F2 to run setup. This is normal for me but the problem is that recently I get a "A disk Read Error Occured. Press CTRL+ALT+DEL to restart" and I can't get pass this, any help? -- sparten002 
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October 13th 08, 01:58 AM
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My computer won't fully boot-up
Hi,
The first problem occurs because the CMOS battery on the motherboard is dead and the BIOS can no longer remember any settings once the system is powered off. pressing F1 likely loads the defaults and allows you to continue. Replacing the battery will resolve this. As to problem #2, is there a chance you've left a disk in the CD/DVD drive? If not, then you may have a failing hard drive. To find out, download and run a diagnostic tool from the drive manufacturer (these are usually free and run from bootable disks). It will let you know if the drive is a candidate for replacement. It is also possible that the drive cabling is loose and reseating it may help. There is also a small chance that the connection on the motherboard is failing, and the only cure for that is replacing the motherboard. -- Best of Luck, Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ Windows help - www.rickrogers.org My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com "sparten002" wrote in message ... I have a Windows Vista Home Premium 32 bit, everytime I start up my computer it tell's me to press F1 to continue or press F2 to run setup. This is normal for me but the problem is that recently I get a "A disk Read Error Occured. Press CTRL+ALT+DEL to restart" and I can't get pass this, any help? -- sparten002
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October 13th 08, 01:13 PM
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My computer won't fully boot-up
You likely have a defective hard drive or have lost the necessary boot
files. Have you been playing around with the drives partition structure (moving/deleting/resizing partitions)? -- Richard Urban Microsoft MVP Windows Desktop Experience "sparten002" wrote in message ... I have a Windows Vista Home Premium 32 bit, everytime I start up my computer it tell's me to press F1 to continue or press F2 to run setup. This is normal for me but the problem is that recently I get a "A disk Read Error Occured. Press CTRL+ALT+DEL to restart" and I can't get pass this, any help? -- sparten002
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October 13th 08, 11:24 PM
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My computer won't fully boot-up
Well my friend was on my computer about 2-3 days ago and he went into the box, of where I got the computer and took out a Cd and downloaded it into the computer. It took me awhile to find it and the Cd was a "Operating System, Reinstallation DVD, Window Vista Home Premium 32 BIT". He told me that he downloaded this cd into the computer. Could this be the problem? -- sparten002
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October 13th 08, 11:43 PM
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My computer won't fully boot-up
On Mon, 13 Oct 2008 18:24:50 -0500, sparten002
wrote: Well my friend was on my computer about 2-3 days ago and he went into the box, of where I got the computer and took out a Cd and downloaded it into the computer. It took me awhile to find it and the Cd was a "Operating System, Reinstallation DVD, Window Vista Home Premium 32 BIT". He told me that he downloaded this cd into the computer. Could this be the problem? I think it's a clue.
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October 14th 08, 12:02 AM
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My computer won't fully boot-up
Take him out back and shoot him!
-- Richard Urban Microsoft MVP Windows Desktop Experience "sparten002" wrote in message ... Well my friend was on my computer about 2-3 days ago and he went into the box, of where I got the computer and took out a Cd and downloaded it into the computer. It took me awhile to find it and the Cd was a "Operating System, Reinstallation DVD, Window Vista Home Premium 32 BIT". He told me that he downloaded this cd into the computer. Could this be the problem? -- sparten002
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October 14th 08, 02:10 AM
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My computer won't fully boot-up
On Mon, 13 Oct 2008 18:24:50 -0500, sparten002
wrote: Well my friend was on my computer about 2-3 days ago and he went into the box, of where I got the computer and took out a Cd and downloaded it into the computer. "My friend". It wasn't you, but your "friend". Suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuure it was. It took me awhile to find it and the Cd was a "Operating System, Reinstallation DVD, Window Vista Home Premium 32 BIT". He told me that he downloaded this cd into the computer. Could this be the problem? DDW -- Reply via this group No email please
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