Vista - A Disk Read Error Occurred....

Ok So Im Turning On The Computer, And It Does Its Normal Set Up Thingy, But
When You Turn It Off By The Power Button This Thing Pops Up That Says "You
Turned Off By Power Button Checkings If Comp is Safe, Blah,Blah,Blah,Blah,
And I Usualy Hit The Ok Button And It Works, But This Time Instead Of Showing
What It Usually Shows, This Pops Up, "A Disk Read Error Occurred, Press
Ctrl+Alt+Del To Restart" I Do That And It Restarts But Then That Same Thing
Pops Up?!?! And Ive Tried Almost 50 Times! Help! Thankies! BiBi!!!!

TheMagicalTeddiBearOfKandiLand wrote:
> Ok So Im Turning On The Computer, And It Does Its Normal Set Up Thingy, But
> When You Turn It Off By The Power Button This Thing Pops Up That Says "You
> Turned Off By Power Button Checkings If Comp is Safe, Blah,Blah,Blah,Blah,
> And I Usualy Hit The Ok Button And It Works, But This Time Instead Of Showing
> What It Usually Shows, This Pops Up, "A Disk Read Error Occurred, Press
> Ctrl+Alt+Del To Restart" I Do That And It Restarts But Then That Same Thing
> Pops Up?!?! And Ive Tried Almost 50 Times! Help! Thankies! BiBi!!!!

Download a drive diagnostic from the hard drive mftr.'s website. You
will make a bootable cd (requires third-party burning software) with the
file you download. Boot the machine with the cd you made and do a
thorough test. If the drive fails any physical tests, replace it.

If this sounds like more than you want to do - and there is no shame in
admitting this sort of thing isn't your cup of tea - take the machine to
a professional computer repairs shop (not your local version of
BigComputerStore/GeekSquad).


Malke
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Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

You don't turn off a computer by using the power button. That is called an
improper shutdown. You use the shutdown button/command in Vista (or any
operating system). This initiates the proper shutdown sequence for that
particular operating system/computer.

Improper shutdowns can corrupt the hard drive.

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

"TheMagicalTeddiBearOfKandiLand"
<TheMagicalTeddiBearOfKandiLand@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C31DA2F6-6DAB-4DEF-A6A2-2F4BF6802D73@microsoft.com...
> Ok So Im Turning On The Computer, And It Does Its Normal Set Up Thingy,
> But
> When You Turn It Off By The Power Button This Thing Pops Up That Says "You
> Turned Off By Power Button Checkings If Comp is Safe, Blah,Blah,Blah,Blah,
> And I Usualy Hit The Ok Button And It Works, But This Time Instead Of
> Showing
> What It Usually Shows, This Pops Up, "A Disk Read Error Occurred, Press
> Ctrl+Alt+Del To Restart" I Do That And It Restarts But Then That Same
> Thing
> Pops Up?!?! And Ive Tried Almost 50 Times! Help! Thankies! BiBi!!!!

On Sat, 4 Aug 2007 12:24:06 -0400, "Richard Urban"

>You don't turn off a computer by using the power button. That is called an
>improper shutdown. You use the shutdown button/command in Vista (or any
>operating system). This initiates the proper shutdown sequence for that
>particular operating system/computer.

Actually, that can be YMMV. The old pre-ATX PSUs had a "real" power
switch that physically disconnected the mains with immediate effect,
which also helped isolate the PC from mains spikes, lightning etc.

But the "power" switch for ATX PSUs is a transient push-to-make switch
that asserts a control signal to the motherboard (assuming the
switch's lead is connected to the correct pins on the motherboard).

When pressed, this signal requests the system to power off. BIOS and
DOS will generally do so with immediate effect, but recent Windows
will trap the request and either do a proper shutdown, or
suspend/hibernate, depending on BIOS and/or OS settings.

However, if you hold down the ATX off button for several seconds, the
motherboard's circuitry kicks in and powers off (more accurately, goes
into a powered-off mode that still trickles keep-alive power to the
PC's innards) with immediate effect. This works even when the
motherboard has no CPU or RAM, BTW... it's a deep hardware thing.

There are two important take-homes here:
- unplug from mains if doing any open-case work
- unplug mains (and phone, LAN, peripherals) for storm protection

>Improper shutdowns can corrupt the hard drive.

True!

AutoChk will "fix" the file system corruption, but will do so with no
regard to your data. Much as a club bouncer would "help" a dancer
suffering a siezure by throwing them out of the club.



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