Hi there, am having problems with my daughters advent 4490 netbook. I cant get into it just a black screen with the message 'a disc read error occurred. Press Ctrl Alt Del to restart....Ive tried reset it back to the factory settings Alt F10 but that isn't working either, just keeps taking me back to the black screen, any help would be much appreciated, thanks

The first thing I would try is to try to start the computer is Safemode. Safemode is a way of loading Windows without loading all of it. It only starts up with the most basic stuff that you need to help you diagnose other problems.

To start in Safemode, turn off the computer. Turn on the computer, and immediately begin pressing the F8 key. Press it once every half of a second, and keep doing this over and over and over. If the computer allows you to get into Safemode, then you have a chance to try to Restore the computer to an earlier point.

If you cannot accomplish anything using this method, then you may need to find someone who has an "external cd drive." This will make it possible for you to put the original Windows discs in and do a repair that way. This assumes you have those discs! If you don't have the discs, you may be able to buy them from Advent. I would suggest going to their web site to see if they offer any other solutions!

I just looked at the Advent site located here: Advent. It appears that your recovery discs are actually not burned onto discs when you first get the machine. You are supposed to put one of those USB drives (thumb drive) into the machine when it is still working right and copy the recovery program onto the USB drive. Maybe if you can get the computer to start in Safemode, then you might be able to copy the recovery program as instructed on the Advent website above. Just click that link and read about it.

are you going to change same cpu model type? if yes then it will work. if you are not going to install same type of cpu then you have to consult a computer technician cos it might not work.

Severe corruption of the hard disk. You will have to reinstall Windows using the recovery cd that came with the laptop when you bought it.

Here is what was found on the Microsoft page as a fix for your issue
Error xc0000034

http://windowsfixup.com/2009/06/windows-vista-sp2-wont-boot-error-0xc0000034-fix/

I I have the same issue and i took my netbook to more than 4 electronic engineers, all of them said that doesnt seem there is a problem in my netbook though.

You have to find a repair or installation disk then restore boot/bcd record on a hard drive.

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Hi! try to check if the driver for the webcam is installed on the machine, go to start->right click on my computer->properties->hardware->device manager. Check if the driver is there, uninstall and reinstall the driver by following the steps below:

Drivers
1.Click Start > My Computer.
2.Double-click the icon for XP (C:) drive.
3.You may see a message saying "These files are hidden". Click the Show the contents of this folder option.
4.Double-click the Applications folder.
5.Double-click the Drivers folder.
6.Inside this folder you will see folders for each device you can re-install, for example, Audio.
7.Double-click the folder and look for an icon called Setup.exe or Install.exe.
8.Double-click the icon and follow any on-screen instructions to re-install the driver.
9.After installing drivers it is recommended that you restart your computer.

***you have to run a program or a software (yahoo messenger, etc) for you to test if the webcam if it is working or not***

hope this helps...

the easyest way to fix this issue is to reinstal your O.S. this error have two reasons:
1.you erase something in windows folder.
2.you tried to instal a O.S.

Firstly, which internet provider do u use. Then you could contact for help.