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Question posted by Anonymous-43870 on November 28th, 2011

I Have A Hp G56 , Comes Up With 'disk Read Error' Press Cntl+alt+del

I have a HP G56 , comes up with  "disk read error"  press  cntl+alt+del

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Answer #1: Posted by kcmjr on November 29th, 2011 10:50 AM
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Sounds like the boot loader failed, or the entire disk has died.  If you have a recovery disk you may want to try that.  You will lose everything on the hard disk though.  You may be better off taking it to a technician who can assess the damage and possibly recover your data.


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