Dell D630 Disk read error on start up!!!

lehrjetmx · 01-06-2009, 06:23 AM

I tried to reload Windows XP Pro SB 2 into this laptop and now I get a disk read error occurred. The problem was I bought it off E-Bay and have no recovery disk for it and Dell tossed their hands up at me because I don't have the business name of the company that owned it first. Help what can I do. Need to will the hard drive clean and reload but how?
Thanks for the help up front.
Dude I got a DELL!!!

**TriggerFinger** · 01-07-2009, 09:43 AM

Are trying to do a fresh install? Are you using original/genuine XP CDs? If so what part of the installation do you see a Disk read error?

Have you tried booting from Cd/DVD drive using a bootable CD media?

01-06-2009, 06:23 AM	#1 (permalink)
lehrjetmx Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 1 OS: XP	Dell D630 Disk read error on start up!!! I tried to reload Windows XP Pro SB 2 into this laptop and now I get a disk read error occurred. The problem was I bought it off E-Bay and have no recovery disk for it and Dell tossed their hands up at me because I don't have the business name of the company that owned it first. Help what can I do. Need to will the hard drive clean and reload but how? Thanks for the help up front. Dude I got a DELL!!!

01-07-2009, 09:43 AM	#2 (permalink)
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