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Laptop Isn't Working

isthatreduced
isthatreduced Posts: 597 Forumite
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Ealier today I was on my laptop and the programs started crashing so I restarted it. Before it got to the login page a black screen came up which said: "Read Disc Error. Press CTR+ALT+DEL to restart".

I've done that many times and it still comes up. Any way I can fix this? It is just coming up for six months old.

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  • closed
    closed Posts: 10,886 Forumite
    is there a cd/dvd in the drive?

    Try F8 at bootup.
    !!
    > . !!!! ----> .
  • isthatreduced
    isthatreduced Posts: 597 Forumite
    No there isn't and I tried F8 nothing happened.
  • cooltt
    cooltt Posts: 852 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Ok put recovery disk in drive restart laptop then choose any key to boot from disk when it asks you, choose install windows then repair option, then repair current installation. All files and folders will be saved just windows will get repaired, should work fine after that.
  • LeeSouthEast
    LeeSouthEast Posts: 3,822 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker Debt-free and Proud!
    sounds like your hard drive has crashed :(
    Starting Debt: ~£20,000 01/01/2009. DFD: 20/11/2009 :j
    Do something amazing. GIVE BLOOD.
  • joeypesci
    joeypesci Posts: 678 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts
    Yep, sounds like the hard drive is on it's way out.
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