disk read

I've created Windows to GO disk, and I have a problem on some computers. After start booting I get message "A read disk error occured Press ctrl+alt+delete to restart". On some computers the portable os is running without problems.

Hi there, I recently installed Windows 10 on my 3-4 years old Acer Aspire laptop, and after fixing the wifi and bluetooth drivers problems I've just found that my DVD drive no longer works! It shows up in My Computer, Device Manager etc and has power and makes whirrs, but it won't read any...

Hi. I have been googling and digging thru responses but i cant find an answer to this problem. Ever since I got this computer, I believe the hd has just constantly been reading. It's not extreme reading, just subtle clickclick every quarter second or so. I did a fresh install of w7 x64 just...

I have an odd problem with my Windows 7 installation. The computer I'm trying to install it on is running Windows XP, and any time I try to boot from the disk (I have it set to be first in the boot sequence), it seems to just skip over the disk altogether and run boot from the hard drive (into...

Hi, Tried copying a .mkv file from a DVD, written to it by a mate. The file is around 4.5GB and gets to about 30s left to complete the copy to my Desktop before I get an error message with the heading Copy File stating 'Can't read from the source file or disk.' with options to either Try Again...

i am running windows 7 and about a 3 months ago i had to shut my computer down becouse it crash apon restarting i got a error saying "disk read error please press Ctr Alt Del to restart your computer", i would do this a few times then i would get a new error saying "An Unexpected I/O Error has...

Does a solid-state drive make a difference in the performance of Windows 7? In a word: Yes. I’ve been measuring startup times and disk reads on three Windows 7 PCs to see just how fast they really are. The results are impressive. More...

I have had this problem forever and no one at Adobe forums was able to figure it out so I thought maybe I'll ask here to search for a non-Adobe solution. When I use a program called Adobe Encore - for authoring and burning DVD's, while the program is working (it works for many hours on one...

Hello, Recently my disk drive (optiarc dvd rw ad-7201s5) on my Dell XPS desktop stopped reading any disk I put into it. I previously had Daemon Tools Lite installed, and uninstalled it. This problem arose a few weeks after the uninstall, after I moved my computer into another office. What...

My DVD is not working properly. Sometimes it is abel to read a disc and sometimes not. when it stops working it can be solved by rebooting a couple of times but it is still just a 50/50 chanse per reboot so to speak. i realise my dvd is quiet old so that might be the problem but i would rather...

Can someone please help? I burned some images onto a CD using my Vista PC, but when I tried to read the disc again (with Vista), no files were found. However, if I place the disc on my windows XP laptop, it shows all the images OK. What am I missing here?

When I originally built my current system, for the DVD RW, I opted for a 'LiteOn'. This was because I'd always found them to be good at what they did and firmware updating was a doddle. Unfortunately this particular drive was not so good. To be fair to LiteOn, I think it was just a case of...