Need help, please.

dunerider5 · 04-27-2006, 03:00 AM

I was playing Counter Strike when all of a sudden my comp crashed and restarted. It had done this a few times in about a 2 week period. The last time, I started getting messages when trying to boot up saying something is wrong with windows/system/sys.ini. Every time after that it only says "DISK READ ERROR INSERT BOOT DISK PRESS RETURN TO RETRY" or something like that. I dont have a windows cd

I asked a guy at a local store and he sayed my partition on the hard drive failed, and to bring it in so they could check it out. He was a penis though so I dont really want to go back. Its a western digital HDD and its only one year old, but I dont think it has a warranty, it was oem from new egg.

What are my options??? Can I buy a new hard drive with windows pre-loaded onto it? I just cant afford the full price of windows.

BTW this is in the general section because I dont know if it is a HDD problem or not, thats what one person said.

flush01 · 04-27-2006, 03:05 AM

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Originally Posted by dunerider5

I was playing Counter Strike when all of a sudden my comp crashed and restarted. It had done this a few times in about a 2 week period. The last time, I started getting messages when trying to boot up saying something is wrong with windows/system/sys.ini. Every time after that it only says "DISK READ ERROR INSERT BOOT DISK PRESS RETURN TO RETRY" or something like that. I dont have a windows cd

I asked a guy at a local store and he sayed my partition on the hard drive failed, and to bring it in so they could check it out. He was a penis though so I dont really want to go back. Its a western digital HDD and its only one year old, but I dont think it has a warranty, it was oem from new egg.

What are my options??? Can I buy a new hard drive with windows pre-loaded onto it? I just cant afford the full price of windows.

BTW this is in the general section because I dont know if it is a HDD problem or not, thats what one person said.

go download windows from torrents and reformatt

dunerider5 · 04-27-2006, 03:20 AM

I can't even boot up. How do I install an os without being able to run the one thats on there? (if it can be done.)

Yasu · 04-27-2006, 03:37 AM

Have you considered using a different OS like linux?

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go download windows from torrents and reformatt

Go read the rules and then you'll understand why comments like that get you in trouble.

dunerider5 · 04-27-2006, 03:39 AM

I wouldn't mind having linux at all. But I have no idea where to get an install disk or how to install it with this current problem. I tried downloading it and making a boot disk once, but it didn't work.

flush01 · 04-27-2006, 04:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Yasu

Have you considered using a different OS like linux?

Go read the rules and then you'll understand why comments like that get you in trouble.

my bad, it was more of a joke

StrangleHold · 04-27-2006, 04:15 AM

Every time after that it only says "DISK READ ERROR INSERT BOOT DISK PRESS RETURN TO RETRY" or something like that. I dont have a windows cd

You dont have a cd or floppy in any drives

dunerider5 · 04-27-2006, 04:19 AM

Haha, no, im not completely stupid, only mildly retarded. I also double checked that my HDD was the first boot device.

StrangleHold · 04-27-2006, 04:28 AM

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Originally Posted by dunerider5

Haha, no, im not completely stupid, only mildly retarded. I also double checked that my HDD was the first boot device.

04-27-2006, 03:00 AM	#1 (permalink)
dunerider5 Silver Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 117	Need help, please. I was playing Counter Strike when all of a sudden my comp crashed and restarted. It had done this a few times in about a 2 week period. The last time, I started getting messages when trying to boot up saying something is wrong with windows/system/sys.ini. Every time after that it only says "DISK READ ERROR INSERT BOOT DISK PRESS RETURN TO RETRY" or something like that. I dont have a windows cd I asked a guy at a local store and he sayed my partition on the hard drive failed, and to bring it in so they could check it out. He was a penis though so I dont really want to go back. Its a western digital HDD and its only one year old, but I dont think it has a warranty, it was oem from new egg. What are my options??? Can I buy a new hard drive with windows pre-loaded onto it? I just cant afford the full price of windows. BTW this is in the general section because I dont know if it is a HDD problem or not, thats what one person said.

04-27-2006, 04:15 AM	#7 (permalink)
StrangleHold Diamond Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: In a realm of unknown Wonders Posts: 6,715	Every time after that it only says "DISK READ ERROR INSERT BOOT DISK PRESS RETURN TO RETRY" or something like that. I dont have a windows cd You dont have a cd or floppy in any drives __________________ NZXT Apollo Athlon 64 X2 5600+ Gigabyte GA MA770 DS3 G Skill DDR2 800 2gb XFX 8800GT Spinpoint F1 500gb. Too bad stupidity isn't painful.

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04-27-2006, 03:20 AM	#3 (permalink)
dunerider5 Silver Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 117	I can't even boot up. How do I install an os without being able to run the one thats on there? (if it can be done.)

04-27-2006, 03:39 AM	#5 (permalink)
dunerider5 Silver Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 117	I wouldn't mind having linux at all. But I have no idea where to get an install disk or how to install it with this current problem. I tried downloading it and making a boot disk once, but it didn't work.

04-27-2006, 04:19 AM	#8 (permalink)
dunerider5 Silver Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 117	Haha, no, im not completely stupid, only mildly retarded. I also double checked that my HDD was the first boot device.