3rd Master Hard Disk Error.

Question

Upon Rebooting the Computer, it starts that my computer has a "3rd Master Hard Disk Error"

Now I know that this is bad, But could anyone tell me how bad this truly is.

Is there any way to relieve this Issue.

Note: 

*I have been able to Log on after multiple attempts, but then while trying to Save something is Crashed and I received the error again.

*Computer is only 5 months old.

*Never added any hardware.

*Can Enter Windows every once in a While.

*Was working fine, and then one day we shut the computer down and upon Booting the Computer received errors.

Answer 1

Hello needshelpbad1,

Thank you for visiting the Microsoft Windows Vista Community site.

Since your computer is relatively new, I would contact the manufacture and see what they can do to assist in this issue.  However to be proactive I have posted a link below as other users have had similar issues and this has there resolution which may work or you.

This should point you in a direction to answer your question or resolve your problem.

Third Master Hard Disk Error

Let us know if these steps resolve your problem.  I hope the information is useful.

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Answer 2

My dad had this problem.  It was fixed by replacing the bios battery.

Answer 3

best to stop wasting time, just replace the hard drive.  Put the old drive in a USB caddy then after installing Windows, you can copy any data to the new drive.

Answer 4

In my case it was caused by the SATA CD-Rom unit, try to unplug it and if the problem disapear you will have your answer :)

Good luck!

Answer 5

Hello NeedsHelpBad1,

Take look at this link:  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927392 ,hope it helps with your issue. Let us know either way. Make it a great day!

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