I have a system with Windows XP Professional. I received
an error that the Systems file was missing or currupt. I
went to my recovery disks and renamed this file, then
rebooted. The system was up for two days, but running
slow (it's a 1.8ghz with 512mg ram and 100gb hd so it's
usually pretty quick).

Anyway, now the error being displayed is nonmountable disk
volume. I again went to the recovery console and executed
chkdsk /r. This went to 50% and then said unrecoverable
disk. I tried chkdsk /p, but same results. I executed
fixboot and this finished. However, XP will not boot.

Is my harddrive toast or are there some options to help me
determine conclusively what my problem is? Is this a
fixable situation?

Any suggestions would be welcome. Thanks.

Hi,

First thing to check is the data ribbon cable from the
Motherboard to the HD. Make sure both ends are connected
securely. One or both ends may have worked loose. Once
that is done and the problem still persist, try the repair
option with the WinXP CD. Good luck.

Sleepless

>-----Original Message-----
>I have a system with Windows XP Professional. I received
>an error that the Systems file was missing or currupt. I
>went to my recovery disks and renamed this file, then
>rebooted. The system was up for two days, but running
>slow (it's a 1.8ghz with 512mg ram and 100gb hd so it's
>usually pretty quick).
>
>Anyway, now the error being displayed is nonmountable disk
>volume. I again went to the recovery console and executed
>chkdsk /r. This went to 50% and then said unrecoverable
>disk. I tried chkdsk /p, but same results. I executed
>fixboot and this finished. However, XP will not boot.
>
>Is my harddrive toast or are there some options to help me
>determine conclusively what my problem is? Is this a
>fixable situation?
>
>Any suggestions would be welcome. Thanks.
>.
>

I'll definitely confirm all cables and connections are
solid.

Does anyone else havve any suggestions? Any other tools
or diagnostic utilities available at the dos level to help
me determine the cause of my problems? Thanks.

>-----Original Message-----
>Hi,
>
>First thing to check is the data ribbon cable from the
>Motherboard to the HD. Make sure both ends are connected
>securely. One or both ends may have worked loose. Once
>that is done and the problem still persist, try the
repair
>option with the WinXP CD. Good luck.
>
>Sleepless
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>I have a system with Windows XP Professional. I
received
>>an error that the Systems file was missing or currupt.
I
>>went to my recovery disks and renamed this file, then
>>rebooted. The system was up for two days, but running
>>slow (it's a 1.8ghz with 512mg ram and 100gb hd so it's
>>usually pretty quick).
>>
>>Anyway, now the error being displayed is nonmountable
disk
>>volume. I again went to the recovery console and
executed
>>chkdsk /r. This went to 50% and then said unrecoverable
>>disk. I tried chkdsk /p, but same results. I executed
>>fixboot and this finished. However, XP will not boot.
>>
>>Is my harddrive toast or are there some options to help
me
>>determine conclusively what my problem is? Is this a
>>fixable situation?
>>
>>Any suggestions would be welcome. Thanks.
>>.
>>
>.
>

Have you tried repairing XP this way?:
Pop in the XP cd then restart, boot from the cd. Then at
the setup menu, choose option #1 (Install Windows XP).
Then setup will scan for any previous Windows
installations, when it detects that there is already a
Windows OS on your drive, press R to have setup try to
repair that version of Windows. If that doesn't work, then
I'm sorry to have wasted your time.

"Fred Burdick" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>I have a system with Windows XP Professional. I received
>an error that the Systems file was missing or currupt. I
>went to my recovery disks and renamed this file, then
>rebooted. The system was up for two days, but running
>slow (it's a 1.8ghz with 512mg ram and 100gb hd so it's
>usually pretty quick).
>
>Anyway, now the error being displayed is nonmountable disk
>volume. I again went to the recovery console and executed
>chkdsk /r. This went to 50% and then said unrecoverable
>disk. I tried chkdsk /p, but same results. I executed
>fixboot and this finished. However, XP will not boot.
>
>Is my harddrive toast or are there some options to help me
>determine conclusively what my problem is? Is this a
>fixable situation?
>
>Any suggestions would be welcome. Thanks.

Go to the hard drive manufacturer's web site and download their
diagnostic test utility.

Also go into your computer's BIOS setup and make certain that the
S.M.A.R.T. monitoring capability for the hard drive is activated.

Run the factory diagnostic to check out the drive. If the drive
reports no errors then try the Repair Install suggested by Novice.

But I suspect that either S.M.A.R.T. will report the drive as faulty,
or the factory diagnostics will, or both. And if either of them do
then it is time for a new hard drive. This one is about to become
scrap.

Good luck




Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP
On-Line Help Computer Service
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