{"id":293,"date":"2006-06-24T00:20:00","date_gmt":"2006-06-24T07:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kb.terabyteunlimited.com\/kb-articles\/error-message-a-disk-read-error-occurred-press-ctrlaltdel-to-restart-when-attempting-to-boot-windows-2000-xp-2003-from-hd1\/"},"modified":"2023-02-16T17:29:55","modified_gmt":"2023-02-17T01:29:55","slug":"error-message-a-disk-read-error-occurred-press-ctrlaltdel-to-restart-when-attempting-to-boot-windows-2000-xp-2003-from-hd1","status":"publish","type":"lsvr_kba","link":"https:\/\/www.terabyteunlimited.com\/kb\/kb-articles\/error-message-a-disk-read-error-occurred-press-ctrlaltdel-to-restart-when-attempting-to-boot-windows-2000-xp-2003-from-hd1\/","title":{"rendered":"Error Message “A disk read error occurred … Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart” When Attempting to Boot Windows 2000\/XP\/2003 from HD1"},"content":{"rendered":"Problem:<\/strong>

You receive the following error message when attempting to boot Windows 2000\/XP\/2003 from HD1:

A disk read error occurred<\/font>
Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart<\/font>

Cause:<\/strong>

Windows is looking for startup files (NTLDR, etc.) only on HD0 and not on HD1, where they reside (as determined by the BIOS).

Solution:<\/strong>

Enable the BootIt BM Swap<\/strong> option for the applicable boot item(s):

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  1. On the BootIt BM desktop, click Boot Edit<\/strong>.  The Boot Menu<\/strong> window appears.

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  2. In the Boot Menu<\/strong> window, select the boot item you wish to change and then click Edit<\/strong> (or simply double-click the desired boot item).  The Edit Menu Item<\/strong> window appears.

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  3. Select the Swap<\/strong> option in the Edit Menu Item<\/strong> window.

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  4. Click OK<\/strong> in the Edit Menu Item<\/strong> window and again in the Boot Menu<\/strong> window.
    <\/li>\r\n <\/ol>The Swap option can also be used with the Direct Boot Menu<\/strong>, either by selecting the desired boot item and using the F4 key to cycle through the various swap options, or by using the Item menu to select a Swap option directly.

    Please note that since swapping is done at the BIOS level, Windows may undo the swap once it is up and running.

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    Note:<\/strong> On some systems it will be necessary to enable the Fix Swap<\/strong> option (in BootIt BM settings) in order for swapping to work. Most newer systems require this.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Problem:You receive the following error message when attempting to boot Windows 2000\/XP\/2003 from HD1:A disk read error occurredPress Ctrl+Alt+Del to restartCause:Windows is looking for startup files (NTLDR, etc.) only on HD0 and not on HD1, where they reside (as determined by the BIOS).Solution:Enable the BootIt BM Swap option for the applicable boot item(s): On the BootIt BM desktop, click […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"lsvr_kba_cat":[1782],"lsvr_kba_tag":[2127,2147,2145,2146],"class_list":["post-293","lsvr_kba","type-lsvr_kba","status-publish","hentry","lsvr_kba_cat-nt-2k-xp-2003","lsvr_kba_tag-windows","lsvr_kba_tag-windows-2003","lsvr_kba_tag-windows-2k","lsvr_kba_tag-windows-xp"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.terabyteunlimited.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lsvr_kba\/293","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.terabyteunlimited.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lsvr_kba"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.terabyteunlimited.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/lsvr_kba"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.terabyteunlimited.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.terabyteunlimited.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=293"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.terabyteunlimited.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lsvr_kba\/293\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7160,"href":"https:\/\/www.terabyteunlimited.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lsvr_kba\/293\/revisions\/7160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.terabyteunlimited.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"lsvr_kba_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.terabyteunlimited.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lsvr_kba_cat?post=293"},{"taxonomy":"lsvr_kba_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.terabyteunlimited.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lsvr_kba_tag?post=293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}