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Windows 7: need help. disk read error

12 Jan 2010  
WhiteJuly

windows 7
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need help. disk read error (Solved)

Ok. I was just sitting around playing my ps3 with my laptop behind me running. Then I heard it beep real loudly and it seemed to be restarting. Then it went to a black screen and it said " a disk read error occurred. Press ctrl plus alt plus del. I used to have Vista on this computer so I put in my update disk for Windows 7. And tryed to use the repair tools it offers. But nothing is working. I also used the command prompt. I used bootrec.exe /fixmbr and bootrec.exe /fixboot. It said both were successful. But it still didn't do anything. I also ran the windows memory diagnostics tool. But it foumd no problems. Please. Can anyone help me


Last edited by WhiteJuly; 14 Jan 2010 at 12:27 PM.. Reason: solved
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12 Jan 2010  
SIW2

Vista x64 / 7 X64
7,916 posts
 
 

Hi,

Boot to the repair options as before - at the command promt, type:

diskpart

sel disk 0

detail disk

( make a note of exactly what it says)

exi
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12 Jan 2010  
WhiteJuly

windows 7
11 posts
 
 

Ok what do I do after that?
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12 Jan 2010  
Coolness

Win 7 pro 64-bit, Ubuntu 9.10 64-bit
934 posts
 
 

Tell us what it said. What did it say? Also, do a memtest Memtest86+ - Advanced Memory Diagnostic Tool
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12 Jan 2010  
Nokternol

Windows 7 Ultimate x64
15 posts
 
 

It's possible it is to do with the HDD configuration as Vista and 7 are funny about how these are setup but as Coolness said you will need to return the disk info for us to be able to help.
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12 Jan 2010  
WhiteJuly

windows 7
11 posts
 
 




ok these are the pics i took when i did it.
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12 Jan 2010  
WhiteJuly

windows 7
11 posts
 
 

what is S.M.A.R.T. data?
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12 Jan 2010  
SIW2

Vista x64 / 7 X64
7,916 posts
 
 

The drive is shown as Raw. That means windows doesn't think it contains a filesystem . The repairs you tried will do nothing to a Raw drive.

Try booting The PW cd ( make sure NUM LOCK is on when it asks about screen resolution - then press1 , then press enter).

If it sees the drive, click Disk 1 at the top of the PW screen , then Partition Recovery in the left pane. Do a Quick scan . If it finds the partition (s), tick ALL the partitions you want back, OK, Apply.

Partition Wizard Bootable CD allows user to boot computer directly ...
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12 Jan 2010  
WhiteJuly

windows 7
11 posts
 
 

how do i make this cd...when i dl the program i noticed it gives me an .exe file.. how do i get the .iso?


edit: ok i found the iso file.........im dumb
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12 Jan 2010  
WhiteJuly

windows 7
11 posts
 
 

i c like 3 boots..do i get them all???
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