System would not boot. recovery disk error

System file corruption. I remember it happened to me some years ago. You'll need a way to boot that is not your corrupted disk like a repair disk or a bootable USB. always make/keep a repair disk for times like these.

Here's info on how to fix it once you've found a way to boot with the same windows version as you have on your laptop:

https://www.drivereasy.com/knowledge/0xc0000225-error-code-on-windows-10-fixed/#m1

good luck!

A disk read error is very common; it usually occurs as soon as your computer boots up from SSD, HDD or another hard drive and has affected a large number of users of Windows 10/8/7/XP.
This error has the message "A disk read error occurred. Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart" on the screen like the picture below:
This message indicates that your hard drive has a problem when the operating system attempts to read the disk. That is, the disk is preventing the computer from entering into its operating systems.
Simply put, a disk error could be caused by several reasons such as incorrect boot order, BIOS issue, IDE cables failure, incorrect MBR configuration, faulty hard drive, etc.
When meeting such an issue, no matter how many times you restart your computer by pressing "Ctrl+Alt+Del" keys, this error still exists.
In the presence of this issue, it will still exist regardless of how many times you restart your computer by pressing "Ctrl+Alt+Del". In fact, a disk read error is not a problem that can be solved by a simple restart. But don't worry, this post will tell you top seven useful solutions to a disk read error occurred SSD.
How to Fix Disk Read Error Windows XP/7/8/10

Solution 1: Boot OS from Hard Drive

If a disk error occurred, the first thing to do is to check whether the boot order is correct in BIOS.
There are different ways to get into BIOS in different computer models and operating systems. When turning on the computer, the first boot screen will usually show you what key to press to go into the BIOS.
You can refer to this guidance How to Enter The BIOS On Your Computer. Once you are in BIOS, find the boot order section. In the boot order section, check to make sure the correct hard drive is placed as the first boot priority before any others in the listing.
Changing this setting might be enough to help your computer boot normally. If it is still unbootable, try the next solution to fix disk error occurred.

Solution 2: Reset or Upgrade BIOS

Resetting your computer BIOS to default or upgrading to the latest version might be able to solve "A disk read error occurred" in Windows XP/7/8/10.
Here is the step-by-step guide to reset BIOS:

1. Press a specific key (F2, F8, F12, Esc or Del) according to your computer model and OS to enter into BIOS.
2. Find the option to reset BIOS to default.

Tip: The option name is different depending on different computer manufacturers and BIOS versions, which can be "Load BIOS Defaults", "Load Default Settings", "Load Fail-Safe Defaults", "Load Setup Default" or "Get Default Values". Choose one according to the real case, then save this change.
If the disk read error on boot up persists, try the following solution.

Solution 3: Repair Master Boot Record and Boot Sector

A corrupted or damaged Master Boot Record or boot sector could cause disk errors. Therefore, repairing the MBR or boot sector might be able to fix the issue"A disk read error occurred" with USB boot.
You can use a professional and reliable partition and disk management tool - MiniTool Partition Wizard - to repair your MBR in Windows XP/7/8/10.
As a dedicated partition manager, MiniTool Partition Wizard could be used for many operations such as resize/move/extend/copy/wipe partition, rebuild MBR, migrate OS to SSD/HD, copy disk, recover lost partition, perform data recovery, and so on.
Here we strongly recommend MiniTool Partition Wizard Professional Ultimate Edition. This edition has a feature called "Bootable Media" based on Win-PE; it is designed to manage disks and partitions when the operating system fails to boot or when there is no operating system.

it is entirely possible that the boot sector is damaged. if this is the case you need to boot with the cd that came with the machine, or a recovery cd you've made, and load the recovery environment. once their load the command prompt. it should just be a button in vista or 7 and it will automatically load in xp. once loaded type "chkdsk c: /r" no quotes. let it run, this will check for bad sectors and should fix the issue. try and reboot, and let me know what happens. if you don't have the recovery cd's or installation media you can download msdart, which has the recovery console built in. i went ahead and uploaded msdart, download the version you think you need. https://rapidshare.com/files/2296685117/ERD50_x86_WinXP_SP3_blueforce.ziphttps://rapidshare.com/files/2914560443/ERD60_x64_WinVista_SP2_blueforce.zip https://rapidshare.com/files/267688033/ERD60_x86_WinVista_SP2_blueforce.ziphttps://rapidshare.com/files/1400985026/ERD65_x64_Win7_RTM_blueforce.ziphttps://rapidshare.com/files/3314839442/ERD65_x86_Win7_RTM_blueforce.zip

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An unmountable boot volume error suggests that you may have a hard disk failure or at least some corruption to the hard disk which the system uses to boot Windows XP.
To try to resolve this problem you would need to use a specialist boot CD to try to repair the disk errors. One such disk is Hiren's Boot CD which can be downloaded as a CD image file (.ISO) then would need to be burnt on to a blank CD then the computer booted from this CD.
On the initial Hiren's boot menu, select DOS programs, then select Disk tools before selecting HDAT2 to perform the disk repair actions.
HDAT2 can take some time to complete depending on the size of your internal disk drive and the number of bad sectors or other errors encountered - the tool will attempt to repair bad sectors by reading, verifying, writing and re-reading / verifying the data.
If the disk can be recovered, then you may be lucky and the system will be able to boot but otherwise, you may still need to do some further recovery work for the operating system, in which case you may need a Windows install CD or other recovery CD media.

If HDAT2 finds a lot of unrecoverable errors then you should seriously consider replacing the drive - you should be able to recover data from the old drive using other tools on the Hiren's Boot CD, including booting the CD mini-XP environment and using the tools there too.

I successfully formatted my Toshiba Satelite laptop using the original recovery disks. However, when I try to restore it using the recovery disks, the systems gives an error message of BOOT MANAGER IS MISSING. The system doesn't recognize the recovery disks and I can not install (reinstall) the Windows Vista on the mechine.

Please help me.

Hello,

Follow your Computer Manufacturers instructions on how to use their Recovery disk/s.

Email/phone them, or visit their website, or read any manual that came with your Computer on how to use their Recovery disks.


Normally, you would boot from the disk as per info below, and follow instructions.
But, check with your Manufacturer as to the exact way they do it.

"Go into your Bios/Setup, or Boot Menu, at startup, and change the Boot Order to make the DVD/CD drive 1st in the Boot Order, then reboot with the disk in the Drive.

At startup/power on you should see at the bottom of the screen either F2 or DELETE, to go into Bios/Setup, or F12 for the Boot Menu"

Is your system a Toshiba? That seems to be what the error refers to from what I could research. From what I read, it's either a problem with the recovery disk (perhaps a periodic thing) or with the hard drive (apparently especially if the error occurs with the second recovery disk) (or the problem is bogus as one responder put it after being successful after a number of attempts). The first step I would try would be to get another copy of the Recovery Disks from Toshiba claiming that the first ones were defective due to the error message - they should replace them for free given the error (but they may still charge you - you know how these big companies work). You need to use recovery disks from the manufacturer (not the Neosmart disks since they can't do a reinstall). Here's another source for manufacturer OEM Recovery Disks (and they include Toshiba): http://www.oemsoftwaresource.com/. I don't know if they will be cheaper or more expensive than going through Toshiba since I haven't checked prices but I present it as an option.

Do NOT do the solution of a low-level format with http://www.killdisk.com/ because that's not a viable option with today's hard drives and may cause irreparable harm to the drive. I saw someone suggest that in the other forums (which you may have read) and I wanted to make sure you didn't see it and try it. Then you'll have no chance of exchanging the hard drive.

You could use the Command Prompt from the Neosmart disk to do a quick check of the hard drive with chkdsk /f /r (which will scan and try to fix bad sectors). It may not help if the drive is truly defective, but it can't hurt (and it may very well fix the problem - who knows). Here's more info on the chkdsk command: http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/67612-check-disk-chkdsk.html.

Is the PC/laptop still under warranty? If so, it might be prudent to use this error message to get yourself a new hard drive (since there will always be questions about it because of the error message even if you can get it to work). That may in fact be a better option than getting new recovery disks (if you can get them to give you a replacement hard drive for free).
Please let me know if you have any further questions or concerns.

Thanks.

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.

Error loading operating system

Try using a Windows installation disk instead of your recovery disk. If the Windows disk will boot and begin the installation process then you most likely have a faulty recovery disk. If it gives you an error there may be a malconfiguration in the bios.

Good Luck