Re: Disk error


"Ceowin" <Ceowin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi, I tried booting the computer and I got the message about Reboot and
select proper boot device.....

Then when I pressed enter, I got to Disk read error, press ctrl alt del
to
restart. After it restarts, I get the long message again and then I
press
enter, and I get in.

This was in Event Viewer:

Event Type: Error
Event Source: Disk
Event Category: None
Event ID: 11
Date: 6/5/2006
Time: 4:09:03 PM
User: N/A
Computer: LAO
Description:
The driver detected a controller error on \Device\Harddisk0\D.

(SNIP)

Please help thnx in advance.

(And Jane later adds...)
"My hard drive is ST380011A Seagate 80 Gig. I think that's SATA...."


"Anna" <myname@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Jane:
As Jose informed you, assuming you've indicated the correct model # of
your Seagate HD, it is indeed a PATA (not a SATA) HD. While the problem
you're experiencing may be due to a defective IDE data cable - that's the
flat ribbon-like data cable that connects between your HD and the
motherboard's IDE connector - as Jose suspects, the problem may lie
elsewhere. It's nearly impossible to pinpoint the cause at this point.

One of the first things you should do is download the HD diagnostic
utility from Seagate's web site and check out the drive to determine if
it's defective.

Are you familiar enough with the process of getting inside your computer
(I'm assuming yours is a desktop machine) to check out whether the cables
are correctly seated?

Did this problem occur "just out of the blue" one day? Everything was
working perfectly and all of a sudden this problem arose? Would you have
any clue as to a possible cause based on any programs you may have
installed or modified? Any hardware changes?
Anna


"Jane Colman" <jellybean@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Anna, please do not misquote me ;)

The OP posted "My hard drive is ST380011A Seagate 80 Gig. I think that's
SATA....", not me.
Jane, not plain ;) 64bit enabled ;)
Batteries not included. Braincell on vacation.


Jane:
My apologies. Somehow during the course of this thread I confused you with
the OP. It was purely inadvertent.
Anna


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