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Old 11-28-2006   #2 (permalink)
Doug Robmine


 
 

RE: A Disk Read Error Occurred Press Ctrl-Alt-Del to Reboot



"Brian Adams" wrote:

> I have burned the final Vista ISO image from my MSDN Subscriber Downloads and
> installed it. I have tried XP Upgrades and clean installs on several
> different drives. It appears to install/upgrade successfully each time.
> When it does the initial reboot I get the error: "A disk read error occurred
> press ctrl-alt-del to reboot" every time. What are the BIOS requirements for
> Vista? Is it possible my machine is too old? I have a Dell Dimension XPS
> T800r. I have downloaded and installed the latest BIOS (A11) from Dell's
> site and still no dice. My machine [barely] passes the Vista Upgrade Advisor
> tests (800MHz, 768MB RAM, GeForce 5500 FX).


I have the same problem on a similar machine Dell Dimension XPS T600r and
cannot find any way around this problem. I think maybe the machine is just
too old for Vista so maybe time to upgrade to a higher spec. PC.
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