Computer Restarts for No Reason

jack19jack19
edited November 2006 in Hardware
I think I had a virus..... Last night my computer would suddenly restart for no reason..... I thought I'd update my anti-virus (McAffee) and scan my hard drive this morning and get rid of it.

I booted up XP as normal, opened up McAffee and clicked on the update links. As soon as it starts updating, PC reboots as yesterday. So it goes through the post screen and then says:

A hard drive read error
Press CTRL + ALT + DEL to restart.

Is there any way to fix my computer? On that hard disk I have lots of photos that I'd really like to keep, so I don't want to format it.

What to do its really annoying......

please help

Comments

  • profdlpprofdlp The Holy City Of Westlake, Ohio
    edited November 2006
    Run the Quick and Full tests from the hard drive manufacturer. :)
  • KwitkoKwitko Sheriff of Banning (Retired) By the thing near the stuff Icrontian
    edited November 2006
    Don't bother, prof, "he's" a spammer or a bot.
  • profdlpprofdlp The Holy City Of Westlake, Ohio
    edited November 2006
    Well, I wouldn't have bothered...

    ...Then someone bumped a three-week-old thread. ;D
  • ins4n17yins4n17y Cabanatuan City, Philippines Icrontian
    edited November 2006
    Kwitko wrote:
    Don't bother, prof, "he's" a spammer or a bot.

    how do you know who and how a post is from a spammer or a bot? may someone please answer my question? i'm *dying* to know.
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited November 2006
    isiea268 wrote:
    how do you know who and how a post is from a spammer or a bot? may someone please answer my question? i'm *dying* to know.

    Biological heuristics. ;D
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