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Aiptek PocketCam
 05/30/2006 07:19:10 PM · #1
I currently built a custom computer for a customer. I am using an 80GB Maxtor Hard Drive. I installed Windows XP with Service Pack 2 on it, but when it gets to the screen where it says, "This part of setup is complete, your computer will reboot in 15 seconds." pops up, that's as far as I get. When the computer reboots, it says, "A disk read error has occured, press CTRL + ALT + DELETE to restart.

I have switched the IDE Cables around to no avail. I have changed the BIOS to no avail. Please help me!!! Thanks J
Canon EOS-1D Mark II
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 05/30/2006 07:28:58 PM · #2
Was it a used drive and did you format when you installed? It sounds like you might have a bad sector on the hard drive and it's hitting a boot file that is in that bad sector. If you don't have stuff on there that you need to save, you might try re-installing and do a format if you didn't last time. If you did, you might do a re-install but have it install to a different directory... if it installed into C:\WINDOWS put it in C:\WINNT or visa versa.

Also, I assume the computer has the resources to boot up XP. As in amount of memory. And your bios is set to boot from the harddrive and not just the CD.

Mike
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