Harddrive I/O Error

Shashi05 · 11-19-2008, 04:43 PM

Hello, I'm asking on behalf of my sister who has recently lost the ability to boot up her computer. It kept asking for a boot device, so she took out the harddrive and tried to connect it to her laptop, which resulted in a message along the lines of, "Cannot access due to I/O Device error."

All she wants is to save some files she left on the desktop rather than the partition (or backed up). Any help is greatly appreciated!

P.S. I'm not sure of specific details of her computer if they are needed, but it's an Acer Desktop computer using Vista.

doublez2 · 11-19-2008, 06:55 PM

Please give me more info on what it says on her regular computer

Shashi05 · 11-20-2008, 08:34 AM

She says it has the underscore that blinks in the top left corner at first and then it ask for a Boot Device. That's as far as she gets.

11-19-2008, 04:43 PM	#1 (permalink)
Shashi05 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 5 OS: XP	Harddrive I/O Error Hello, I'm asking on behalf of my sister who has recently lost the ability to boot up her computer. It kept asking for a boot device, so she took out the harddrive and tried to connect it to her laptop, which resulted in a message along the lines of, "Cannot access due to I/O Device error." All she wants is to save some files she left on the desktop rather than the partition (or backed up). Any help is greatly appreciated! P.S. I'm not sure of specific details of her computer if they are needed, but it's an Acer Desktop computer using Vista. Last edited by Shashi05; 11-19-2008 at 04:51 PM.

11-19-2008, 06:55 PM	#2 (permalink)
doublez2 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 55 OS: XP SP3	Re: Harddrive I/O Error Please give me more info on what it says on her regular computer __________________ DOUBLEZ D Z

11-20-2008, 08:34 AM	#3 (permalink)
Shashi05 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 5 OS: XP	Re: Harddrive I/O Error She says it has the underscore that blinks in the top left corner at first and then it ask for a Boot Device. That's as far as she gets.