Disk error. Tried to do a restore w/my gateway dvd recovery disks. They are not scratched and I followed the instructions carefully which say to insert disk, restart your computer then follow the on screen instructions. After the computer restarts, the disk drive is not whirring indicating to me that the disk is not being read. I did bring my computer into gateway a few years ago to do a cleanup. I'm wondering if they did something to my settings that is now causing my problem.

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Posted on Jan 02, 2017

SOURCE: problem with a disk read error

1- Press and hold the power button on your computer box/case/tower until it shuts down. 2- keep tap/click on "F8" botton while turning you computer on. 3- A black option with some text on it should appear 3- choose Safe Mode 4- go to "My Computer" and right Click on "C" drive and choose Properties 5- go to "Tools" then click "Check Now" button in the "Error Checking" box 6- tick "Automatic ..." then click "Start" 7- Click Shadule and restart your computer. 8- Do not click any thing utill teh utility checks your system If you still have the same problem then it means that you have a virus Download AVG Antivirus if you dont have antivirus program. Now restart your computer and do the step 2-3 and run your antivirus program to search for all "files and folder". Link to download AVG Antivirus: http://free3.grisoft.cz/filedir/inst/avg75free_488a1157.exe

Posted on Oct 09, 2007

SOURCE: NTLDR is compressed

Try this:
Insert the Windows CD (the oryginal one) into the CDrom drive, and restart tyour PC. When the compter bootsagain select an option that are required to start the computer from the CD if you are asked to do so. When the "Welcome to Setup" screen appears, press R to start the Recovery Console. When prompted type "1" or if you have a multiple-boot computer, select the installation that you must access from the Recovery Console. When you are prompted, type the Administrator password. If the administrator password is blank, just press ENTER. Now you should be at the comman prompt and ready to repair the ntldr file. Now all you need to do is enter the following commands (in order) and each command on a new line just like you see them here:
cd \
attrib -c ntldr
exit
The PC should reboot now and everything should work just fine.

Posted on Oct 23, 2007

James Girard

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SOURCE: problem with a disk read error

There are a couple of possibilities.

1. The hard drive is defective.

2. The operating system is corrupt.

The easiest way to test this is to run the restore cd that came with the computer to reload Windows.

If you get this error while running the restore cd then you will need to get a new hard drive.

Posted on Jan 03, 2008

Barry N Melissa Spring

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SOURCE: eMachine recovery disk won't work invalid serial keeps restarting

Restart your computer and as its starting hold F8. This will take you into system restore. Choose Factory Default Restore. This will take your computer back to its original state when it was purchased. You will lose all files that were previously in the unit.

Posted on Jun 10, 2009

SOURCE: Toshiba Satellite L305-S5875; Recovery Error 10-fc12-045d HELP!!

no it is not fried. you just need to find a vista disk and use that instead of the recovery disks. Once you reinstall Vista you should be able to go online for the Toshiba drivers. Make sure you have the windows Vista Key which should be located under the laptop. the vista software install will ask for it.

Posted on Jan 10, 2010