My Computer Wont Start. "A Disc Read Error Occured"

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My Computer:
Dell Dimension 5150
Windows XP
Media Centre Edition
Service Pack 2

When i start my computer it gives a problem "A disk read error occured press Ctrl+Alt+del to restart " and after i press Ctrl+Alt+del it comes back to this screen over and over again.

It first started when it seemed i caught a minor virus one day before (due to no updated virus protection). I decided to do restore my hard drive (ctrl-F11) since I had done this recently due to a major virus weeks earlier...so considering I had nothing much to lose I thought this as being the best option. Anyway this didnt work and still doesnt.

I dont believe I recieved a recovery CD from Dell as this is built inside the computers with the system recovery- that no longer works!

Any ideas are much appreciated.

Thanks.
 
Your hard drive is bad or corrupt... You will have to get a Windows install disk, or take the computer to a repair shop
 
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