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    Is my comp fried?

    Discussion in 'Toshiba' started by neondeon298, Nov 17, 2008.

  1. neondeon298

    neondeon298 Newbie

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    I have a toshiba satellite A135-s4527 and upon turning my computer on, it begins booting but then the script: "A disk read error occurred, Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart" comes on to the screen. NO matter how many times i restart, the same thing happens and now I am locked out of my computer which has all my essays, homework, and class notes on it. PLEASE HELP!
     
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  2. gengerald

    gengerald Technofile Extraordinaire

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    At this point, I do not think all hope is lost. Try to boot up into safe mode (F8) if you can. If not, try a Linux Live CD to boot up and save your information to a USB drive or external drive. After this, I would try doing a check disk then a SMART test.
     
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    andyasselin Notebook Deity

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    I suggest if you have anythey disk computer get external hard disk case

    for laptop hard disk and plug into desktop

    if the laptop disk you have is sata based you don,nt even need adapter if you desktop has sata

    is your computer fired no

    hard drive possably fired and data possably losed yes but not the machine

    the spec list that laptop as sata

    do have desktop with sata you cound stick the hard disk try to pull data off
     
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    Jstn7477 Sam I Am

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    Andy is right in that if you have a desktop with SATA, you can plug the HDD directly into your desktop via an SATA cable and the SATA power cable and you will be able to see the files on your hard disk if it still works. Don't unplug your desktop's main hard drive though, just find a free SATA port on your motherboard to plug your laptop's drive into (if your desktop was made in the last 3 years and has SATA).

    -J.B.
     
    Jstn7477, Nov 18, 2008
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