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More info?)
Use a hard drive diagnostic boot disk as mentioned in my previous reply.
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Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+
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"boilergirl1" <schelagh2@hotmail.com.(remove)> wrote in message
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> the exact error message is:
>
> Data error reading drive C
> Abort,Retry, Fail?
> C:\>
> C:\>
>
> "glee" wrote:
>
> > What is the EXACT error message?
> > It does sound like there may be hard drive problems.
> >
> > If you are trying to get data off the hard drive to save it, you will need a
boot
> > disk, which you can make using a bootdisk maker downloaded from:
> >
http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm
> > Get the right one for your version of Windows, and run the downloaded file to
make a
> > bootdisk on another computer, then boot your Toshiba with the disk.
> >
> > You can test the hard drive by downloading a diagnostic program for it. Again,
the
> > download is a bootdisk maker, this time creating a boot disk with the hard drive
> > diagnostic app on it. If you don't know what brand the drive is, you can
download
> > the limited-use free edition of OnTrack Data Advisor from this location:
> >
http://www.ontrack.com/freesoftware/#dataadvisor
> >
> > When you click the download link on that page for Data Advisor 5.0 Free edition,
you
> > will be taken to a page to register with the OnTrack site, then you will be able
to
> > download the diskette creator file.
> >
> > The downloads are diskette creators. They are to be run once from a working
Windows
> > system and will guide you through the process of extracting the Data Advisor
onto a
> > 3.5" floppy disk.
> >
> > Download and Use Instructions:
> >
http://www.ontrack.com/dataadvisor/downloadinfo.asp
> >
> > As far as I know, Maxtor's diagnostics will also work with any brand of drive.
> >
> > Hard Drive Diagnostic Programs by Vendor:
> >
> > OnTrack Data Advisor:
> >
http://www.ontrack.com/freesoftware/#dataadvisor
> > IBM/Hitachi Drive Fitness Test:
> >
http://www.hgst.com/hdd/support/download.htm
> > Western Digital Data Lifeguard Tools:
> > http://support.wdc.com/download/
> > Quantum/Maxtor PowerMax:
> >
http://www.maxtor.com/en/support/downloads/powermax.htm
> > Seagate SeaTools:
> >
http://www.seagate.com/support/seatools/index.html
> > Download:
> >
http://www.seagate.com/support/seatools/B7a.html
> >
http://www.seagate.com/support/seatools/seatoold_reg.html
> > --
> > Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+
> >
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
> >
> >
> > "boilergirl1" <schelagh2@hotmail.com.(remove)> wrote in message
> > news:492090AD-2F44-4FA9-9BC5-E229D6ECDD79@microsoft.com...
> > > i have a toshiba sattelite490cdt with win98se preinstalled(no boot disc) and
> > > am having a problem with the boot process when i start up the machine i only
> > > get as far as an errror message saying that it cannot read the datta . w/o a
> > > boot disc how do i either a) get my os to load or
> > > b) bypass this
> > > i do manage to get scandisc to run but it hangs up at 27percent of the check
> > > and i get the error message again occasionally does this mean my harddrive is
> > > screwed?
> > > --
> > > arrrhgg! i need help
> >
> >
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