I had a similar prob with my o/s partion on a drive. Was unable to repair
using any normal method, or view, The remaining partions were ok. The IBM
disk utility gave the hd as damaged (shock) unrepairable. Installed new
disks, was able to format 'damaged' partion and its now fine, though I dont
trust the hd with anything critical.
David
"Lonzo" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:213b01c3e06d$04c0b0e0$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Ok, any help backing up data on a drive I can't read?
> I'm joking unless there is actually a technique I don't
> know about. I switched drives in hope of getting some of
> the data.
>
> Lonzo
>
>
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Hi Lonzo,
> >
> >This is a BIOS error that is telling you that you have a
> hardware problem.
> >I recommend that you backup critical data on this drive
> ASAP. You may want
> >to check the BIOS settings for the disk.
> >
> >Regards,
> >
> >Ken Simmons
> >
> >Microsoft Technical Support for Platforms and Business
> Applications
> >
> >
> >"Lonzo" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
> message
> >news:16b101c3e048$2ab97450$(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> I'm having a problem with my hard drive under windows
> 2000.
> >>
> >> When I boot, it goes through system checks, Verifying
> DMI
> >> Pool Data and then it says 'Disk Read Error' after
> >> attempting to boot from my C hard drive.
> >>
> >> I just built a new machine in December so hard drive, MB
> >> et all are new and worked fine. I have not done any
> major
> >> changes since original install (no new partitions, file
> >> compression not used etc.)
> >>
> >> I've tried a few things.
> >> 1. I did a full scandisk on the drive and it came up
> >> with no errors or fixes.
> >> 2. Tried Emergency Repair with the ER disk and fast
> >> repair process. This said it could not repair the
> >> installation.
> >> 3. I pulled the hard drive and set it to a secondary
> >> slave drive. I installed a different hard drive that
> also
> >> has win 2k on it. I booted the machine and it booted
> >> fine. (shouldn't be MB or processor at this point).
> >> I went into windows Explorer to find the original (now
> >> slave drive). The drive with the problems has a primary
> >> NTFS partitian with the 2k OS, and a logical FAT32.
> >> The primary shows up as drive F and logical as drive G.
> >> However, when I clicked on drive F to attempt to move
> some
> >> important data files over, it said drive F was
> >> inaccessable.
> >> For giggles, I tried G and I could read drive G with no
> >> problems. I was able to move some files from drive G
> over
> >> to the other hard drive (C in this config).
> >>
> >> So it appears the drive is not all dead. I can still
> read
> >> from the FAT32 logical drive but not the primary.
> >>
> >> I was thinking the master boot record may be damaged.
> >> Actually I went to the recovery console and ran the
> FIXMBR
> >> program. It says the MBR appears corrupt, but I was
> >> hesitant to have it fix the MBR becuase I was affraid of
> >> wiping out the drive.
> >>
> >> Do you feel I have a MBR problem? What are the odds of
> >> loosing the drive? Any other ways to save the files
> >> before I loose the hole thing?
> >
> >
> >.
> >
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