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A Disk Read Error Occurred....
Ok So Im Turning On The Computer, And It Does Its Normal Set Up Thingy, But
When You Turn It Off By The Power Button This Thing Pops Up That Says "You Turned Off By Power Button Checkings If Comp is Safe, Blah,Blah,Blah,Blah, And I Usualy Hit The Ok Button And It Works, But This Time Instead Of Showing What It Usually Shows, This Pops Up, "A Disk Read Error Occurred, Press Ctrl+Alt+Del To Restart" I Do That And It Restarts But Then That Same Thing Pops Up?!?! And Ive Tried Almost 50 Times! Help! Thankies! BiBi!!!! |
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A Disk Read Error Occurred....
TheMagicalTeddiBearOfKandiLand wrote:
Ok So Im Turning On The Computer, And It Does Its Normal Set Up Thingy, But When You Turn It Off By The Power Button This Thing Pops Up That Says "You Turned Off By Power Button Checkings If Comp is Safe, Blah,Blah,Blah,Blah, And I Usualy Hit The Ok Button And It Works, But This Time Instead Of Showing What It Usually Shows, This Pops Up, "A Disk Read Error Occurred, Press Ctrl+Alt+Del To Restart" I Do That And It Restarts But Then That Same Thing Pops Up?!?! And Ive Tried Almost 50 Times! Help! Thankies! BiBi!!!! Download a drive diagnostic from the hard drive mftr.'s website. You will make a bootable cd (requires third-party burning software) with the file you download. Boot the machine with the cd you made and do a thorough test. If the drive fails any physical tests, replace it. If this sounds like more than you want to do - and there is no shame in admitting this sort of thing isn't your cup of tea - take the machine to a professional computer repairs shop (not your local version of BigComputerStore/GeekSquad). Malke -- Elephant Boy Computers www.elephantboycomputers.com "Don't Panic!" MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User |
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A Disk Read Error Occurred....
You don't turn off a computer by using the power button. That is called an
improper shutdown. You use the shutdown button/command in Vista (or any operating system). This initiates the proper shutdown sequence for that particular operating system/computer. Improper shutdowns can corrupt the hard drive. -- Regards, Richard Urban Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User (For email, remove the obvious from my address) "TheMagicalTeddiBearOfKandiLand" oft.com wrote in message ... Ok So Im Turning On The Computer, And It Does Its Normal Set Up Thingy, But When You Turn It Off By The Power Button This Thing Pops Up That Says "You Turned Off By Power Button Checkings If Comp is Safe, Blah,Blah,Blah,Blah, And I Usualy Hit The Ok Button And It Works, But This Time Instead Of Showing What It Usually Shows, This Pops Up, "A Disk Read Error Occurred, Press Ctrl+Alt+Del To Restart" I Do That And It Restarts But Then That Same Thing Pops Up?!?! And Ive Tried Almost 50 Times! Help! Thankies! BiBi!!!! |
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A Disk Read Error Occurred....
On Sat, 4 Aug 2007 12:24:06 -0400, "Richard Urban"
You don't turn off a computer by using the power button. That is called an improper shutdown. You use the shutdown button/command in Vista (or any operating system). This initiates the proper shutdown sequence for that particular operating system/computer. Actually, that can be YMMV. The old pre-ATX PSUs had a "real" power switch that physically disconnected the mains with immediate effect, which also helped isolate the PC from mains spikes, lightning etc. But the "power" switch for ATX PSUs is a transient push-to-make switch that asserts a control signal to the motherboard (assuming the switch's lead is connected to the correct pins on the motherboard). When pressed, this signal requests the system to power off. BIOS and DOS will generally do so with immediate effect, but recent Windows will trap the request and either do a proper shutdown, or suspend/hibernate, depending on BIOS and/or OS settings. However, if you hold down the ATX off button for several seconds, the motherboard's circuitry kicks in and powers off (more accurately, goes into a powered-off mode that still trickles keep-alive power to the PC's innards) with immediate effect. This works even when the motherboard has no CPU or RAM, BTW... it's a deep hardware thing. There are two important take-homes he - unplug from mains if doing any open-case work - unplug mains (and phone, LAN, peripherals) for storm protection Improper shutdowns can corrupt the hard drive. True! AutoChk will "fix" the file system corruption, but will do so with no regard to your data. Much as a club bouncer would "help" a dancer suffering a siezure by throwing them out of the club. --------------- ----- ---- --- -- - - - I *am* a power user! I have electricity bills to prove it! --------------- ----- ---- --- -- - - - |