A Disk Read Error Occured ?!?

beast_027 · Aug 22, 2016

My hdd was shaking a lot and making nosie i went ahead and removed it cleaned it up put some washers on it then installed it back in and opened my computer and i got this message. The bios was not picking up the ssd. Then i realised i accidentally removed my ssd cable (my boot drive) the one that plugs into the mobo then a plugged it but even trough the bios sees my ssd now i am still getting the same error please help..

boosted1g · Aug 22, 2016

Did you double-check both ends of the cable are plugged in good?

What is the EXACT error message you get?

beast_027 · Aug 22, 2016

I accidently made you mesaage best solution

The message is A disk read error occured

Ctrl+del to restart

beast_027 · Aug 22, 2016

Yes both ends are fully plugged in.

boosted1g · Aug 22, 2016

Did you try different motherboard port for the SSD cable?

beast_027 · Aug 22, 2016

I don't know what the port is called but mine are full. There is two of them one is plugged into the hdd other one is to the ssd. I have an MSI Z170-A M5 mobo what should i do

ahnilated · Aug 22, 2016

If the HDD is shaking that bad it is most likely going bad. I would make sure you have a good backup of it and start looking for a replacement.

beast_027 · Aug 22, 2016

The hdd is not shaking anymore

beast_027 · Aug 22, 2016

Please help i am litterraly ablut to cry

boosted1g · Aug 22, 2016

Your Z170A M5 has more then 2 SATA ports on it.

You might have it in a SATA port on the wrong controller, try different ports.

You can also try resetting BIOS according to motherboard manual.

What is the SSD you have?

beast_027 · Aug 22, 2016

Its a Samsung 850 Evo 120GB

boosted1g · Aug 22, 2016

Then your SSD is a good model.

Again double check all cables are in good, try different motherboard sata ports, and even try resetting bios.

When you were messing with this stuff initially, was the PC powered ON.

beast_027 · Aug 22, 2016

I change the port of the ssd and its saying insert proper boot device or insert boot media in selected boot device

boosted1g · Aug 22, 2016

EDITED:

Are you running MBT or GPT for partition table?
(If you have already been windows 10 then you should be GPT, but if you started as Win 7 or earlier then you likely are MBR).

You can also put in Windows CD/USB and boot from it to see if it recognizes your drive.

I am assuming you know for a fact that windows was originally working on your SSD drive (and your disk size matched that of your SSD).

beast_027 · Aug 22, 2016

I started as win 10 just 2 days ago. My ssd size is matching on the bios. When i try to boot from the usb (win 10 pro) it wants me to choose between 64 bit and 32 bit and when i select the 64 bit windows logo appears then it goes away and the endless blackscreen comes.

EDIT: Disk size used to match too

boosted1g · Aug 22, 2016

If not already, put your SSD on the lowest number SATA port on your motherboard (consult manual), also make certain that your sata controller is set to AHCI and not RAID or IDE in BIOS (again, consult manual).

beast_027 · Aug 22, 2016

Still says a disk read error occured press ctrl+alt+del to restart

boosted1g · Aug 22, 2016

Did you try resetting BIOS/CMOS like I suggested?

Do you have another hard drive you can test to see if will recognize?
At this point you likely either have a malfuncitoning sata controller on motherboard, or a malfunctioning SSD drive.

boosted1g · Aug 22, 2016

Actually have you checked your boot order in Bios? If your SSD is not selected to boot in your HDD group then it wont boot.

beast_027 · Aug 22, 2016

I resetted the bios now but still the same result " a disk read error occured ". I didn't understood what you ment about recognizeing. It recognizes both the ssd and the hdd on the bios.

The wierd thing is when i just plug my ssd to sata one its saying insert proper boot device but when i connect the hdd to the sata two at the same time it says a disk read error occured

beast_027 · Aug 22, 2016

Ssd is selected on the boot order

boosted1g · Aug 22, 2016

Do you have another computer.

I am interested to see what happens when you plug yoru SSD into another computer and attempt to read it as a secondary drive.

Your HDD is likely hosed from all that vibration so it is having errors reading it.
Not sure if at this point if your SSD drive is bad, or your motherboard.

beast_027 · Aug 22, 2016

I dont have another computer

beast_027 · Aug 22, 2016

I have tried all the sata ports on the motherboard and none of them serm to work

boosted1g · Aug 22, 2016

At this point there is no more troubleshooting you can do without parts to swap out. You will have to take it to repair shop.

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