a disc read error has occured?

Question

this message occured about 10 secs after turning on my computer, even before showing the windows loading screen."
please help me and see if theres anything i could do to even get my computer started up! thanks alot!

i can't go to safemode even.

sorry .. but i can't even go to start or nething, it just stops working after the msg appears.

Answer 1

Sounds like you have a failing hardrive, or at least a bad sector during start up.

*IF* you can start in SAFE MODE

Click on RUN

Type in chkdsk /f (NOTE the SPACE between chkdsk and /f

*IF* you can't get to SAFE MODE you'll need to create a StartUp Disk with toubleshooting prgs on it. Below is how to Create a StartUp Disk

To create an MS-DOS startup disk
The MS-DOS startup disk you create will allow you to boot into MS-DOS.

Insert a floppy disk into your computer's floppy drive.
Open My Computer, and then click the floppy disk drive to select it.
On the File menu, point to the name of the floppy drive, and then click Format.
Under Format options, click Create an MS-DOS startup disk.
Click Start.
Important

Creating an MS-DOS startup disk erases all information on the floppy disk.
Notes

To open My Computer, click Start, and then click My Computer.
The MS-DOS startup disk only allows the system to boot into an MS-DOS prompt. The disk contains no additional tools.

Answer 2

I would agree, it sounds like the hard drive has likely failed. Hopefully there is no critical data on it?