Disk Read Error
I have an ancient laptop sitting in my room (I tore it apart already) and The error that I get on bootup is that there is a "disk read error... Press ctrl+alt+del to reboot" and when I reboot I get the same message. I can't use the recovery disks because they won't boot, and I tired to boot off of a seperate partition on a portable HDD... I also tired booting with linux, it worked if I took the laptop HDD out along with the external. It didn't load in to the OS though. I am fresh out of ideas and was wondering if anyone had any suggestions for me to try!
Your help is appreciated
-TvManPwns
Your help is appreciated
-TvManPwns
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If the hardrive controller isn't working then should that be able to effect the external harddrive as well since its running off of the USB? I am not sure but if I wanted to pull the HDD out of my 360 add-on will that be compatible?
Thanks for the quick responce kryyst.
Also what do you mean pull the hdd out of your 360 add-on? If you mean the harddrive from the 360 harddrive kit, that would be a really bad idea. First of all the harddrive is physically compatible, it is just a standard harddrive. However it's formatted specifically for the Xbox 360 so you'd have to wipe it to make it usefull. Wiping the drive would also make it completely incompatable again with your Xbox 360. More important though, the harddrive for the 360 is more expensive then a regular external harddrive, so there is no good reason to go tampering with it it's a waste of money.
Should I try just a regular flash key? Also I forgot to add that I can't get in to the boot screen or the BIO's because it is password protected. It was my moms old laptop and she can't remember the password... I don't know why she would have put one on anyway.
Right now you need to get into your bios and see if it's detecting your drive at all. So you'll need to try and crack that password - which could be nearly impossible.
Edit: Where would I find a CMOS battery on a laptop? And as for the model it is an Asus Aspire 1410.