Windows 2000 A disc read error occurred

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Peter Phillips

My anti-virus subscription ran out. I had been going to change the program
(Panda) anyway because they've stopped catering for W2K. I went for Sophos.
I uninstalled Panda then - stupidly forgetting I hadn't immediately
rebooted - I installed Sophos. A restart produced:

Verifying DMI Pool Data
Boot from CD:
Boot from CD:

A disc read error occurred
Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart

That's as far as it will go.I don't even have access to my second W2K
emergency installation on HD5.
Any ideas, anyone?
Thanks
 
"Peter Phillips" <pfphillips 19@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
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> My anti-virus subscription ran out. I had been going to change the program
> (Panda) anyway because they've stopped catering for W2K. I went for
> Sophos. I uninstalled Panda then - stupidly forgetting I hadn't
> immediately rebooted - I installed Sophos. A restart produced:
>
> Verifying DMI Pool Data
> Boot from CD:
> Boot from CD:
>
> A disc read error occurred
> Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart
>
> That's as far as it will go.I don't even have access to my second W2K
> emergency installation on HD5.
> Any ideas, anyone?
> Thanks

I would set the BIOS to boot from the hard disk. I would also remove the CD
from its drive.
 
"Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@fly.com.oz> wrote in message
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>
> "Peter Phillips" <pfphillips 19@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:27qq7j.kie.17.1@news.alt.net...
>> My anti-virus subscription ran out. I had been going to change the
>> program (Panda) anyway because they've stopped catering for W2K. I went
>> for Sophos. I uninstalled Panda then - stupidly forgetting I hadn't
>> immediately rebooted - I installed Sophos. A restart produced:
>>
>> Verifying DMI Pool Data
>> Boot from CD:
>> Boot from CD:
>>
>> A disc read error occurred
>> Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart
>>
>> That's as far as it will go.I don't even have access to my second W2K
>> emergency installation on HD5.
>> Any ideas, anyone?
>> Thanks
>
> I would set the BIOS to boot from the hard disk. I would also remove the
> CD from its drive.

Thanks a lot for this. After making the change I got the same message (minus
the 2 lines about Boot from CD). I restarted, pressed F10, and picked last
known Good Config., which allowed me in.

I'm now in a quandary. Should I reboot as is, or is there something I can do
to stabilize things first?

Why do you think I'm gettin the disc read error? What program can I run to
check what the problem is now that I have Admin tools available?

Thanks.
 
"Peter Phillips" <pfphillips 19@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
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>
> "Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@fly.com.oz> wrote in message
> news:uvTx5c0IJHA.3708@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> >
> > "Peter Phillips" <pfphillips 19@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
> > news:27qq7j.kie.17.1@news.alt.net...
> >> My anti-virus subscription ran out. I had been going to change the
> >> program (Panda) anyway because they've stopped catering for W2K. I went
> >> for Sophos. I uninstalled Panda then - stupidly forgetting I hadn't
> >> immediately rebooted - I installed Sophos. A restart produced:
> >>
> >> Verifying DMI Pool Data
> >> Boot from CD:
> >> Boot from CD:
> >>
> >> A disc read error occurred
> >> Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart
> >>
> >> That's as far as it will go.I don't even have access to my second W2K
> >> emergency installation on HD5.
> >> Any ideas, anyone?
> >> Thanks
> >
> > I would set the BIOS to boot from the hard disk. I would also remove the
> > CD from its drive.
>
> Thanks a lot for this. After making the change I got the same message
(minus
> the 2 lines about Boot from CD). I restarted, pressed F10, and picked last
> known Good Config., which allowed me in.
>
> I'm now in a quandary. Should I reboot as is, or is there something I can
do
> to stabilize things first?
>
> Why do you think I'm gettin the disc read error? What program can I run to
> check what the problem is now that I have Admin tools available?
>
> Thanks.
>
>


HD may be failing...backup your data AT ONCE


next run the mfg's HD diagnostic...usually a free download from the mfg of
your drive
 
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