I have a Compaq Presario V2000 laptop with a Toshiba Hard Drive. Keep getting a Disk read error message at start up with Ctrl-Alt-Del to restart. Can only get into bios and, when there, the diagnostic on the hard drive I get a Test Status #1- 07 Fail. I don't have a boot disk so I can't change the boot order. Any help?

Disk read error is, most likely, a bad hard drive. Seeing this message means that the operating system (Windows) didn't even get a chance to load before running aground. This model uses 2.5" SATA drives and 80G is the smallest size ever sold. You can probably get a replacement drive (new or used) locally or thru eBay or Amazon, and they should be pretty cheap (new ones should run for about 20 cents to 25 cents per gig. That'd be your best bet.

hi there, a disk read error doesn't sound like a CD drive to me. It sounds like a hard drive failure to me. My advice is to take out the hard disk and take it to a person that knows about hard drives.

Is it a black screen right when you boot your computer? If so this could be a fatal disk error and the harddrive has crashed.

There is no easy fix other than to replace the harddrive.

load optimal or fail save setting then check if it eliminates the problem if it didn't work. reinstall the ide cable of your hard disk check if it eliminates the problem if it also didn't work back up your hard drive for important file, delete and create hard disk file system, partition and reformat your hard drive if this also didnt work replace your hard disk.

You most likely have a faulty hard drive, especially if it is making a clicking sound.
You wil need to purchase a new hard drive and install Windows again with the Toshiba Recovery CD.

it could be the hard drive is bad

Since the bios hard drive test passed , ujr hard drive is ok and mostly all ur data is ok . Only windows went corrupt (normally it doest when u turn off that way ) reinstall it dont use the recovery disks , but use a windows installation cd to re-install windows , but take care that when u install ,install on a different partition and remember to take the option leave the current partition intact without changes , so that none of ur data is disturbed.

go to bios and load defaults. if still same thing happens after reboot. Boot from OS cd, on windows etup page, choose "R" to run recovery console. Choose OS. Run CHKDSK /R.

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.

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