Disk Read Error

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maxudaskin

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I have recently (yesterday) put together a new system with an old HDD (one year old, IDE)

I am getting the error
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A DISK READ ERROR HAS OCCURRED. PRESS CTRL + ALT + DEL TO RESTART

ASUS P5K
500 Watt PSU
80 Gig HDD IDE
NVIDIA GeForce 5500


HDD was set to Master with the Jumpers, then I tried removing the jumpers, nothing is working.
 
My first guess would be a failing hard drive... 2nd guess would be incorrect settings in the BIOS. At what point do you see this? Does it try to boot at all or does it appear right after POST?
 
When it starts up, I quickly see the HDD name and size but then if I goto the BIOS, it is not found, and if I continue starting up, it has a disc read error.
 
maxudaskin said:
When it starts up, I quickly see the HDD name and size but then if I goto the BIOS, it is not found, and if I continue starting up, it has a disc read error.
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If you haven't already, double check your data and power connections on the HD. Make sure you don't have a floppy disk in the floppy drive (if you have one). You can also try setting your BIOS to defaults.
 
I have put the HDD back into my old computer, and it works just fine... I do not know what the problem is... I had checked the cables...
 
maxudaskin said:
I have put the HDD back into my old computer, and it works just fine... I do not know what the problem is... I had checked the cables...
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Here's some options:

In the BIOS, set everything to default. However, make sure your HD is first in the boot priority.

If that doesn't work, set the boot priority to boot first from the CD/DVD drive. Insert your XP disk and boot into the Windows installation environment. See if Windows recognizes your installation. If it does, you should repair/rewrite your Master Boot Record. For instructions on how to do this, click here. The article describes how to use the Recovery Console. In addition to the "fixmbr" command, use the "fixboot" command as well.

If Windows does not recognize any partitions, you might need to look at the motherboard.

EDIT: Before you mess with the Windows CD, try disabling SATA support in the BIOS.
 
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If you are trying to run the original copy of Windows on the new system forget it! Once the drive is set as master in the new build you first boot from the Windows installation disk and replace the original installation with a fresh copy. That's half your problem right there. The present installation is bound to the old system and needs replacement.

Since that is an ide drive there's no worry about disabling the sata controllers. The EIDE controllers automatically override the sata by default. The Windows installer will automatically look for the first ide before the first sata drive to copy files there.
 
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