Disk read error occurred. Press Ctrl alt del to reRecovery

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Hello I recently dropped my Dell Inspiron N5010 and now windows will not boot up, and a message says Disk read error occurred. Press Ctrl alt del to reRecovery. I want to know if my hard drive is done and if I can recover my pictures and if so how?
 
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When you boot your laptop listen for the hard drive. If you hear clicking then you know for sure the hard drive is shot. I would replace the drive anyway since the reliability is questionable at best. If the drive is making funky noises and you want to get it to boot for a short time to get data off try this. It may sound weird but it has saved a couple drives for me in the past. Take the hard drive out, Wrap it in paper towel, put in a freezer bag, place in freezer for 6-8 hours. The longer the better. Once done freezing quickly put it back in the pc and boot. Sometimes this works, sometimes it doesn't. Worth a try if your out of options.

If you can get the drive to run without freezing, Run a check disk with /f flag. I find it to be...
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When you boot your laptop listen for the hard drive. If you hear clicking then you know for sure the hard drive is shot. I would replace the drive anyway since the reliability is questionable at best. If the drive is making funky noises and you want to get it to boot for a short time to get data off try this. It may sound weird but it has saved a couple drives for me in the past. Take the hard drive out, Wrap it in paper towel, put in a freezer bag, place in freezer for 6-8 hours. The longer the better. Once done freezing quickly put it back in the pc and boot. Sometimes this works, sometimes it doesn't. Worth a try if your out of options.

If you can get the drive to run without freezing, Run a check disk with /f flag. I find it to be the best way over many other options.
 
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wyattearpfan

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I have the same trouble. I have a laptop Inspirion from Dell, and using the alt+del as it says to do it just repeats to the same message without going into a recovery mode. Is there a way to boot from a usb? I only have the factory disk, I put it in but still did not recover from it. I assume its a virus as my laptop had been running really slow for the past few months. I did install trendmicro on it, and just recently uninstalled McAfee.
 
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