A Disk Read Error Occurred Press Ctrl-Alt-Del to Reboot

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> "Brian Adams" wrote:
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> > I have burned the final Vista ISO image from my MSDN Subscriber Downloads and
> > installed it. I have tried XP Upgrades and clean installs on several
> > different drives. It appears to install/upgrade successfully each time.
> > When it does the initial reboot I get the error: "A disk read error occurred
> > press ctrl-alt-del to reboot" every time. What are the BIOS requirements for
> > Vista? Is it possible my machine is too old? I have a Dell Dimension XPS
> > T800r. I have downloaded and installed the latest BIOS (A11) from Dell's
> > site and still no dice. My machine [barely] passes the Vista Upgrade Advisor
> > tests (800MHz, 768MB RAM, GeForce 5500 FX).

>
> I have the same problem on a similar machine Dell Dimension XPS T600r and
> cannot find any way around this problem. I think maybe the machine is just
> too old for Vista so maybe time to upgrade to a higher spec. PC.

> Hey Brian and Doug!
>
> Same problem here: Disk read error after first reboot. Quite obviously there
> is no decent boot-sector when Vista tries to reboot.
>
> My machine is fairly new (1 year) and passed the Upgrade Advisor without any
> problems (2GB of RAM; Intel Pentium 4; 3.2GHz; 1GB L2 Cache; GeForce 6600 LE)
>
> I also ran out of ideas what the probably cause might be ...
>
> Mike
>
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> "Doug Robmine" wrote:
>

> >
> >
> > "Brian Adams" wrote:
> >

> > > I have burned the final Vista ISO image from my MSDN Subscriber Downloads and
> > > installed it. I have tried XP Upgrades and clean installs on several
> > > different drives. It appears to install/upgrade successfully each time.
> > > When it does the initial reboot I get the error: "A disk read error occurred
> > > press ctrl-alt-del to reboot" every time. What are the BIOS requirements for
> > > Vista? Is it possible my machine is too old? I have a Dell Dimension XPS
> > > T800r. I have downloaded and installed the latest BIOS (A11) from Dell's
> > > site and still no dice. My machine [barely] passes the Vista Upgrade Advisor
> > > tests (800MHz, 768MB RAM, GeForce 5500 FX).

> >
> > I have the same problem on a similar machine Dell Dimension XPS T600r and
> > cannot find any way around this problem. I think maybe the machine is just
> > too old for Vista so maybe time to upgrade to a higher spec. PC.

> Mine was easy to discount given the age of the machine. Yours definitely
> seems like it should work. I'd call MS tech support.
>
> "Cosmicray" wrote:
>

> > Hey Brian and Doug!
> >
> > Same problem here: Disk read error after first reboot. Quite obviously there
> > is no decent boot-sector when Vista tries to reboot.
> >
> > My machine is fairly new (1 year) and passed the Upgrade Advisor without any
> > problems (2GB of RAM; Intel Pentium 4; 3.2GHz; 1GB L2 Cache; GeForce 6600 LE)
> >
> > I also ran out of ideas what the probably cause might be ...
> >
> > Mike
> >
> >
> > "Doug Robmine" wrote:
> >

> > >
> > >
> > > "Brian Adams" wrote:
> > >
> > > > I have burned the final Vista ISO image from my MSDN Subscriber Downloads and
> > > > installed it. I have tried XP Upgrades and clean installs on several
> > > > different drives. It appears to install/upgrade successfully each time.
> > > > When it does the initial reboot I get the error: "A disk read error occurred
> > > > press ctrl-alt-del to reboot" every time. What are the BIOS requirements for
> > > > Vista? Is it possible my machine is too old? I have a Dell Dimension XPS
> > > > T800r. I have downloaded and installed the latest BIOS (A11) from Dell's
> > > > site and still no dice. My machine [barely] passes the Vista Upgrade Advisor
> > > > tests (800MHz, 768MB RAM, GeForce 5500 FX).
> > >
> > > I have the same problem on a similar machine Dell Dimension XPS T600r and
> > > cannot find any way around this problem. I think maybe the machine is just
> > > too old for Vista so maybe time to upgrade to a higher spec. PC.

> Hey Brian and Doug!
>
> Same problem here: Disk read error after first reboot. Quite obviously
> there is no decent boot-sector when Vista tries to reboot.
>
> My machine is fairly new (1 year) and passed the Upgrade Advisor without
> any problems (2GB of RAM; Intel Pentium 4; 3.2GHz; 1GB L2 Cache; GeForce
> 6600 LE)
>
> I also ran out of ideas what the probably cause might be ...
>
> Mike
>
>
> "Doug Robmine" wrote:
>

>>
>>
>> "Brian Adams" wrote:
>>

>> > I have burned the final Vista ISO image from my MSDN Subscriber
>> > Downloads and
>> > installed it. I have tried XP Upgrades and clean installs on several
>> > different drives. It appears to install/upgrade successfully each
>> > time. When it does the initial reboot I get the error: "A disk read
>> > error occurred
>> > press ctrl-alt-del to reboot" every time. What are the BIOS
>> > requirements for
>> > Vista? Is it possible my machine is too old? I have a Dell Dimension
>> > XPS
>> > T800r. I have downloaded and installed the latest BIOS (A11) from
>> > Dell's
>> > site and still no dice. My machine [barely] passes the Vista Upgrade
>> > Advisor tests (800MHz, 768MB RAM, GeForce 5500 FX).

>>
>> I have the same problem on a similar machine Dell Dimension XPS T600r and
>> cannot find any way around this problem. I think maybe the machine is
>> just too old for Vista so maybe time to upgrade to a higher spec. PC.