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    nikkip26 Posts: 1, Reputation: 1
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    May 8, 2013, 01:51 AM
    Disk read error easynote ts
    My laptop was working fine... then it would load the windows start up repair.. it did that for 3 days now its coming up a black scren with 'a disk read error occurred press ctrl+alt+del to restart?
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    May 8, 2013, 04:32 AM
    All hard disk eventually fail, there is hope several vendors offer utilites to repair failing hard drives. The best I have used is Spinright from GRC. Unless the heads are in contact with the platters, or there is another mechanical or controller board this software has repaired nearly every disk I have used it with. I have had to let the software run for several days in one case.
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