A Disk Read Error Occured. Press CTRL ALT DEL to restart?

well here's the story; yesterday my computer was acting really slow, for example after i clicked something it would take a minute just to respond and then it would freeze on me. so i decided that i would restart the computer because that has worked in the past. when i did it would show the HP sign and then a few seconds later it would have a blank screen. about a few seconds after that it would say ';A Disk Read Error Occured. Press CTRL ALT DEL to restart.'; well everytime i'd press CTRL ALT DEL to restart it would just go back the same screen saying ';A Disk Read Error Occured. Press CTRL ALT DEL to restart.'; so i decided to press FLL for a system recovery and when i did it would go to a page that said ';windows loading files'; and it would have a loading bar under it. well everytime it went halfway (which only took about 10 seconds) it would just stop and after a few minutes of being stuck it used to restart the computer, but now it's just reloading the loading bar and getting stuck at halfway everytime.





i looked on other sites on how to fix the problem but to be honest, i really don't understand most of what they're saying. i'm good with technology, don't get me wrong, but i don't know barely any of the tech terms that they are talking about. so if you answer, could you use easier vocab with me? lol x)





any help would be great, i really need this computer right now, or well really soon. so please help me!





here's some additional info if needed:


it's an HP pavillion dv6


i got it in august 2009


it's used ALOT


it has windows vista (not windows 7)


i'm pretty sure it has 4GB memory





if there's anything else you need to know about the computer i'll try and tell you.





IF you do know...am i going to have all my files erased by what i have to do? if you know please tell me.





thank you!A Disk Read Error Occured. Press CTRL ALT DEL to restart?
It sounds like you may have just had your hard drive die. If I were you, I'd take it to someone that knows computers. What's wrong with the computer and the means to fix it are generally beyond the scope of the average home user. The chance of being able to salvage your files is still up in the air depending on the exact cause of the problem.A Disk Read Error Occured. Press CTRL ALT DEL to restart?
don't worry my friend it is small problem. first check the hard disk conection.and insert the os pack2 cd %26amp; select the repair option it will repair the system files. it is the problem .dll thrash file deleted or corrupted by virus.ok please try it.
If I were you, I wouldn't try booting windows. It looks like your hard drive is failing. If you keep booting windows, it might write data on good sectrors of your hard drive too. I would suggest





1. Get a live CD of windows or Linux.





2. Backup your data. This is essential so that you know that you can do whaterver you want to do with your hard drive.





3. Try formatting the HDD ( only after ensuring that you have backed up all your data) and reinstalling everything.





If you want to rule out the possibility of a virus, you can try using programs like Clonezilla to take the backup of your entire partition. Clonezilla is linux based and any windows based virus won't affect it. If Clonezilla also complaints that it can't read, then it's your hard drive that's failing indeed
Firstly it sounds like you have a virus, so when you finish this I would run a full system virus check.





If you dont have an anti-virus installed then try AVG or Trend House Call (addresses below).





Unfortunaltey it sounds like you need to do a recovery. Firstly get you recovery disk or the install disk that came with your PC.


Insert the disk and let it boot from the CD.


Choose 'Recover PC' once you have chosen the keyboard layout etc. (it is in the bottom left when the 'Install Now' button comes up)





When you get teh options, firstly try a system start up recovery.





It is all automatic and doesnt take any input from you.


Once this is done it will restart.


If this does not work and you are still having problems, try 'System Restore' using the same method as the start up recovery but choose system restore.





If this does not work then you may have to re-install.
u can get disk read error for 2 reasons one is ur os files are corrupted or ur hard disk has hardware prob


first ensure der is no prob wid hd. then if possible reinstall the os and see.


if u don wanna reinstall then try using a good antivirus. it could also be a possible reason k.

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