I am getting a disk read error occurred. Press ctr-alt-del. what can i do to fix this

Solved: Disk Read Error

1. Press Ctrl + Alt + Del to restart" He was more worried about the data stored on the drive and was scared if the disk had failed. ...
2. Unplug any USB or DVD drive. ...
3. Reset/Update Your BIOS. ...
4. Fix MBR and Fix Boot. ...
5. Check your hard drives' cables. ...
6. Test RAM memory. ...
7. Try the Drive on another Machine. ...
8. Conclusion

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maybe a usb device plugged? if not try in bios\boot sequence to set cdrom - hd - usbdev. then try to boot with the puppy sturdust linux cd. if it work is just the internal hd; format it and reinstall. hope it help bye

Most likely the hard drive is failing, run diagnostics on the hard drive if you have a resource CD. Or you can download them from support.dell.com

You have as it states, a disc read error which means you have errors on the hard drive.
As soon as you get into your system run CHKDSK/F, that will attempt to restore the damaged files.
Make backups and look for a replacement hard drive.
Hope that helps.

try another keyboard.

it probibly means your harddrive has bit the dust
it is the most common part to fail on a computer

it could be the hard drive is bad

There are a couple of possibilities.

1. The hard drive is defective.

2. The operating system is corrupt.

The easiest way to test this is to run the restore cd that came with the computer to reload Windows.

If you get this error while running the restore cd then you will need to get a new hard drive.

hi steve,

can you get into the BIOS?
if so, would u make sure the boot orders are following:
1st. boot from hard drive,
2nd, cd rom
3rd, floppy,
4th, network adaptor?

save changes and try restart.
i hope you do have OS installed.
if not change 2nd part to 1st, and 1st to 2nd.

i have gotten the same error with my laptop. my computer was trying to load window from network, through network adapter.

hope this information helps.