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by chuxiz Jan 4, 2002 last reply Mar 5, 2002 1 view

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I receive an 'I/O error' when I try booting my laptop. This has prevented me from accessing very important files on my C hard drive. How can I solve this problem. Is that my hard disk cannot be accessed anymore? I need somebody's help urgently.

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by islander Jan 4, 2002

Please be more specific. What OS are you running(Win95,98,98me,2000 or XP)??. Also, are u able to get into Windows at all. If you can't try reseeding your hardware. I.E, take you RAM out and put in back it and pull the harddrive cable out and put inback it. Sometimes this is all that is needed.

by chuxiz Mar 5, 2002

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by ojmj Jan 4, 2002

Does your laptop have any peripherals (floppy, modem, etc) attached? Detach them and try again.

Also, get a flashlight and check the pins on your peripheral connections. If one has bent over and shorted against another, that could cause this error.

Be careful if you have to straighten out the pins. Do it with power off to the machine and bend them carefully back into the correct shape using needle-nose pliars.

Good luck.

O.J.