read disk error?

[Guest]

ok! just got new athlon xp 1600 cpu, boot up, and i get an error saying

read disk error
press ctrl-alt-delete to restart

i cant figure the problem out, especially since i am running off the same hard drive when plugged into old motherboard and old components, thank you in advance, ladr

 

[Arrow]

Is the cable working properly? The onboard IDE connectors?

Rob
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[Guest]

the cable seems to be working, it is at the moment, i was curious, would it matter having my drive partitioned into 2 partitions, d having windows installed? thanks, ladr

 

[Arrow]

Are you using this as a boot drive? Does it boot properly by itself on the other computer?

If your boot record is set up fine, it should be no problem

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[Guest]

would the ntfs format make a difference? along with windowsxp

 

[OldBear]

Have you got the mb overclocked?

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[Guest]

no, i havent even been able to go into windows! it has happened since the first time i started my computer with my new components (video card, cpu, heatsink, and motherboard)i hope this gets fixed soon, im dying to get on it.

 

[Spdy_Gonzales]

If you have a new motherboard, then you should reinstall windows. Simple as that.

"If it weren't for the last minute, alot of things wouldn't get done"

 

[Guest]

i was thinking that too, but it wont load the cd drive windows installer, can i use boot disks or something to get into dos and load it or to install it (windows xp home(bootable)) thanks, ladr

 

[Spdy_Gonzales]

I am not familiar with WindowsXP. All I can suggest is that in the BIOS setup you make the CD drive the boot drive. You might browse the posts under Windows 95/98/ME/XP, or post the problem there.

"If it weren't for the last minute, alot of things wouldn't get done"

 

[Lars_Coleman]

Yeah, goto <A HREF="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/release.asp?releaseid=33290" target="_new"><font color=green>Microsoft</font color=green></A> and you can download the boot disks.

Hope that helps.

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[Guest]

ok, well i tried to install winxp, but i couldnt, it would put files on comp and when it was suppose to go to the install it would give the same read disk error, so i formatted, (lost 17 gb of music and now i got it workin, thanks for the help, ladr