disk failure after dynamic disk conversion

PLEASE HELP!

I converted a hard disk from basic to dynamic running
under Windows XP. I was asked to reboot my computer to
complete the conversion. However, upon reboot, the disk
became unreadable, giving the following error message:

"missing or corrupt file: c:windows/system32/hal.dll"

The error message is a little misleading since not only is
that file not accessible, but the entire disk is
unreadable.

So far, I have tried several methods to no avail. I have
even installed a new hard drive into this computer and
installed windows 2000 on the new hard drive in the hope
that I would be able to access the old hard drive.
However, under the disk management tool, the old hard
drive appears as "Dynamic Unreadable".

I am aware that converting the dynamic unreadable drive
back to basic will probably destroy all the data on it.

Any ideas on what I can do to recover data on my old drive?

Please HELP!!!!!

-su-

no hal...BAD!! I hope you had a backup b/c data recovery (low level) is the
only way to "possibly" get ht edata back.

--
Sincerely,
Mark Mancini, CCA, CCNA, Master CIW&CI, CNE 4&5, MCSE+I 4&2000
www.MCSE2000.com
www.AppLauncher.com



"su" <suchetasharma@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:178d01c33df1$a0f32d90$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> PLEASE HELP!
>
> I converted a hard disk from basic to dynamic running
> under Windows XP. I was asked to reboot my computer to
> complete the conversion. However, upon reboot, the disk
> became unreadable, giving the following error message:
>
> "missing or corrupt file: c:windows/system32/hal.dll"
>
> The error message is a little misleading since not only is
> that file not accessible, but the entire disk is
> unreadable.
>
> So far, I have tried several methods to no avail. I have
> even installed a new hard drive into this computer and
> installed windows 2000 on the new hard drive in the hope
> that I would be able to access the old hard drive.
> However, under the disk management tool, the old hard
> drive appears as "Dynamic Unreadable".
>
> I am aware that converting the dynamic unreadable drive
> back to basic will probably destroy all the data on it.
>
> Any ideas on what I can do to recover data on my old drive?
>
> Please HELP!!!!!
>
> -su-
>