hard disc/ harddrive problem

[Ganesh]

Help!!! My hdd is giving problem to start pc. When i wants to start my pc ; monitors display show the massage " drive read errior   press alt+ctrl+del." Or the boot manager is missing. But when i remove hdd and press normally on its motor & connect; it starts. Please help me.

[Salmon Trout]

Press normally on its motor? What does this mean?

[Lisa_maree]

Hi

It is possible there is a bad connection between the circuit board and the drive motor / head assembly connector. Normally this is 2 connectors. As you have the drive out can you supply the make and model so that I can check how those connections are made.
Sometimes removing the board and cleaning the solder pads with an eraser is all that's required to get the drive working again.

[SandraCarlson]

"disk read error" means bad sector. since system fails to boot, the bad sector(s) is on vital location that contain important data for system booting.
you can enter safe/recovery mode to repair the error or use  bootable CD  and perform chkdsk which can check bad sectors.
besides, there are third-party tool on the Internet that can check and repair tools too.
it happens that some bad sectors can't be repaired. in that case, you'll have to change a new disk.
if your computer or hard drive doesn't run out of warranty, you can contact tech support team for help.

[Allan]

You can safely ignore the above post.