NTFS format on the new hard drive, windows installed some files and restarted. the problem is that windows installation doesn't boot from hard drive after the install. I get the "a disk read error has occurred press ctrl alt del for restart" The windows...

removed GRUB, but it didn't boot into Windows. I reinstalled GRUB after this. I ran chkdsk from XP recovery console. I checked the NTLDR and NTDETECT.COM files. They match the files on the XP install CD. Interestingly, I can read the files from the...

blazes past the Detecting IDE screen again and then alternates either with the error, "A disk read error has occured" or "Bootmgr Missing." Both times the disk drive spins up to read the disk. So you're running IDE? Apparently you are running two drives on...

even though Bios Recognizes it. I heard can get arround & not recognizing it if install Xp then update to 7 well installed XP then get disk read error when try to boot from HD.. have reinstalled several times now getting same error. Been at this for 5 hrs now...

No hard disk" error on XP install (SATA). My notebook came installed with Vista, which of course had to go. When trying to install XP I received a "no hard disk" error. The HD in the laptop is a SATA drive, hence the error. As the laptop doesn't have a floppy...

the hardrive, I chose the leave it as it is setting (since it was already formatted by the other program). When it finished installing the setup files and restarted, the Windows graphical screen was up for the first time instead of the "disk read error" message...

windows says is running properly. I'm getting a cyclic redundancy error when i try to use the game disks to install GTA 4. Sometimes i get the error on the first installation disk and sometimes on the second. The computer is also having trouble finding...

I then put that hard drive in my PC, as the master drive, and set up BIOS so that it will boot from there first....I then get an error during boot-up saying something like "Disk read error, press ctrl+alt+delete to reboot"...I can understand that, the HAL is...

I try and install windows xp inc sp2 onto a RADI 0 array >> formatted >>> with 32kcluster after the initial file copy process the system reboots >>> and >>> gives a disk read error yet when using XP sp1 the install works fine. >>>>>> tried pro and home...

or "not installed", not halfway in between. CD/DVD. Thanks Sounds like a CD drive read error - assuming the disc is a genuine MS one It's during installation. Thanks If your disc is legitimate, the errors might be caused by a scratch or imperfection...