COKEDUDEUSF Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaclaz Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
COKEDUDEUSF Posted February 18, 2010 Author Share Posted February 18, 2010 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....jaclazLaptop and SATA . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaclaz Posted February 19, 2010 Share Posted February 19, 2010 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_methodsalso, 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/.fhttp://store.caig.com/s.nl/sc.2/category.188/.fhttp://store.caig.com/s.nl/sc.2/category.292/.fVerify that the "spring effect" of the contacts is effective.jaclaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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