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turned on pc and got a n message "a disk read error occurred press ctrl+alt+del" to restart no idea how to fix this as screen keeps re-appearing any ideas? thanks
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Oh dear. Looks like your hard disk might have packed in.
First check that you are not booting your PC with a floppy disk or USB memory stick/flash card attached.
If it still doesn't boot, open te machine and check the hard drive connections on the motherboard.
Otherwise, it looks like time to ask Santa for a new hard drive and you can put your backups on the new drive.
You do backup your important files I take it?
First check that you are not booting your PC with a floppy disk or USB memory stick/flash card attached.
If it still doesn't boot, open te machine and check the hard drive connections on the motherboard.
Otherwise, it looks like time to ask Santa for a new hard drive and you can put your backups on the new drive.
You do backup your important files I take it?