Disk Read Error

[COKEDUDEUSF]

Can anyone explain why I keep getting a "Disk Read Error" every time I turn my computer on after I have turned it off. I keep having to unseat my HD and reseat it. I haven't been able to figure out any other way to fix it.

[jaclaz]

My crystal ball being again in the shop for tuning , I cannot see your computer, and cannot even determine whether it is a desktop or laptop, and not even see the bus it is using, IDE/ATA, SATA or SCSI.

Different connectors may have different problems, as well as different cables (if any).

Maybe if you give some details....

jaclaz

[COKEDUDEUSF]

My crystal ball being again in the shop for tuning , I cannot see your computer, and cannot even determine whether it is a desktop or laptop, and not even see the bus it is using, IDE/ATA, SATA or SCSI.

Different connectors may have different problems, as well as different cables (if any).

Maybe if you give some details....

jaclaz

Laptop and SATA .

[jaclaz]

If the SATA drive on your LAPTOP is in one of those LAPTOPs that have a removable bay for SATA 2,5" drives, and this is what you refer to when you talk of re-seating the drive, from what you report it is likely that a contact between the bay and the case is not thoroughly clean.

A good way to clean them is using an (almost unfindable nowadays) eraser for ink/typewriter (NOT an eraser for pencils):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typewriter#Correction_methods

also, the blue side of things like this:

is not bad.

Rub gently, only to remove dirt/oxide, contacts are generally *gold* plated, if you insist too much you may remove the plating.

Then use a contact cleaner, something like these - not only a "pure" contact cleaner, but also a "contact enhancer" :

http://www.deoxit.com/

http://store.caig.com/s.nl/it.A/id.2527/.f

http://store.caig.com/s.nl/sc.2/category.188/.f

http://store.caig.com/s.nl/sc.2/category.292/.f

Verify that the "spring effect" of the contacts is effective.

jaclaz