recovering hard drive

Hi,

Is there a way to recover a hard drive running on
windows xp professional?

This is what happens when I power up:

"Your computer failed to start the last time. This could
be due to a software or hardware problem. Please select
one of these modes:

Safe Mode
Safe mode with networking
Safe mode with command prompt
Last known good configuration
Start Windows normally

If I select 'Last known good configuration' or 'Start
Windows Normally', the computer shows me a new screen
saying
Windows XP Professional Starting ....

And then I am brought back to the original screen showing
all the modes.

If I select any Safe Mode, I get the following output on
the screen:
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\Windows\System32
\Drivers\filename.exe
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\Windows\System32
\Drivers\filename1.sys
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\Windows\System32
\Drivers\filename2.sys
.....

(like a screen dump, listing a number of paths similar to
the 3 above)

And then I am brought back to the original screen showing
the modes to be selected.

Needless to say, I am not able to start up.

Please help me to recover my data.

Thanks,
Rizvi

Perform a Repair Installation:
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/repaxp.htm

--
Jupiter Jones [MVP]
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/


"Ahmad Rizvi" <ahmadwaris@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:0d5b01c484ce$4e52dfc0$a301280a@phx.gbl...
> Hi,
>
> Is there a way to recover a hard drive running on
> windows xp professional?
>
> This is what happens when I power up:
>
> "Your computer failed to start the last time. This could
> be due to a software or hardware problem. Please select
> one of these modes:
>
> Safe Mode
> Safe mode with networking
> Safe mode with command prompt
> Last known good configuration
> Start Windows normally
>
> If I select 'Last known good configuration' or 'Start
> Windows Normally', the computer shows me a new screen
> saying
> Windows XP Professional Starting ....
>
> And then I am brought back to the original screen showing
> all the modes.
>
> If I select any Safe Mode, I get the following output on
> the screen:
> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\Windows\System32
> \Drivers\filename.exe
> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\Windows\System32
> \Drivers\filename1.sys
> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\Windows\System32
> \Drivers\filename2.sys
> ....
>
> (like a screen dump, listing a number of paths similar to
> the 3 above)
>
> And then I am brought back to the original screen showing
> the modes to be selected.
>
> Needless to say, I am not able to start up.
>
> Please help me to recover my data.
>
> Thanks,
> Rizvi

When I boot from a windows xp CD, and when I reach the
point at which the screen shows my hard drives, I get:

C (type unknown) 47000MB (47000 MB free)

I do not get any option to recover this hard drive.

Will I have to do a reinstall in this case?

Ahmad

>-----Original Message-----
>Perform a Repair Installation:
>http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/repaxp.htm
>
>--
>Jupiter Jones [MVP]
>http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/
>
>
>"Ahmad Rizvi" <ahmadwaris@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:0d5b01c484ce$4e52dfc0$a301280a@phx.gbl...
>> Hi,
>>
>> Is there a way to recover a hard drive running on
>> windows xp professional?
>>
>> This is what happens when I power up:
>>
>> "Your computer failed to start the last time. This
could
>> be due to a software or hardware problem. Please select
>> one of these modes:
>>
>> Safe Mode
>> Safe mode with networking
>> Safe mode with command prompt
>> Last known good configuration
>> Start Windows normally
>>
>> If I select 'Last known good configuration' or 'Start
>> Windows Normally', the computer shows me a new screen
>> saying
>> Windows XP Professional Starting ....
>>
>> And then I am brought back to the original screen
showing
>> all the modes.
>>
>> If I select any Safe Mode, I get the following output
on
>> the screen:
>> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\Windows\System32
>> \Drivers\filename.exe
>> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\Windows\System32
>> \Drivers\filename1.sys
>> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\Windows\System32
>> \Drivers\filename2.sys
>> ....
>>
>> (like a screen dump, listing a number of paths similar
to
>> the 3 above)
>>
>> And then I am brought back to the original screen
showing
>> the modes to be selected.
>>
>> Needless to say, I am not able to start up.
>>
>> Please help me to recover my data.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Rizvi
>
>
>.
>

Hello Ahmad,

have a look at CIA Commander 2 from
http://www.datapol-technologies.com/dpe.
With CIA Commander you should beable to repair what is needed or at
least backup important files on CD/DVD.

Best Regards
Thomas

"Ahmad Rizvi" <ahmadwaris@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:<0d5b01c484ce$4e52dfc0$a301280a@phx.gbl>...
> Hi,
>
> Is there a way to recover a hard drive running on
> windows xp professional?
>
> This is what happens when I power up:
>
> "Your computer failed to start the last time. This could
> be due to a software or hardware problem. Please select
> one of these modes:
>
> Safe Mode
> Safe mode with networking
> Safe mode with command prompt
> Last known good configuration
> Start Windows normally
>
> If I select 'Last known good configuration' or 'Start
> Windows Normally', the computer shows me a new screen
> saying
> Windows XP Professional Starting ....
>
> And then I am brought back to the original screen showing
> all the modes.
>
> If I select any Safe Mode, I get the following output on
> the screen:
> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\Windows\System32
> \Drivers\filename.exe
> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\Windows\System32
> \Drivers\filename1.sys
> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\Windows\System32
> \Drivers\filename2.sys
> ....
>
> (like a screen dump, listing a number of paths similar to
> the 3 above)
>
> And then I am brought back to the original screen showing
> the modes to be selected.
>
> Needless to say, I am not able to start up.
>
> Please help me to recover my data.
>
> Thanks,
> Rizvi

Ahmad;
Go to the website of the hard drive manufacturer and download their
hard drive diagnostics.
There may be a problem with the hard drive.

--
Jupiter Jones [MVP]
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/


"Ahmad Rizvi" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:876201c48526$ec71d0f0$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> When I boot from a windows xp CD, and when I reach the
> point at which the screen shows my hard drives, I get:
>
> C (type unknown) 47000MB (47000 MB free)
>
> I do not get any option to recover this hard drive.
>
> Will I have to do a reinstall in this case?
>
> Ahmad
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>Perform a Repair Installation:
>>http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/repaxp.htm
>>
>>--
>>Jupiter Jones [MVP]
>>http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/
>>
>>
>>"Ahmad Rizvi" <ahmadwaris@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>news:0d5b01c484ce$4e52dfc0$a301280a@phx.gbl...
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Is there a way to recover a hard drive running on
>>> windows xp professional?
>>>
>>> This is what happens when I power up:
>>>
>>> "Your computer failed to start the last time. This
> could
>>> be due to a software or hardware problem. Please select
>>> one of these modes:
>>>
>>> Safe Mode
>>> Safe mode with networking
>>> Safe mode with command prompt
>>> Last known good configuration
>>> Start Windows normally
>>>
>>> If I select 'Last known good configuration' or 'Start
>>> Windows Normally', the computer shows me a new screen
>>> saying
>>> Windows XP Professional Starting ....
>>>
>>> And then I am brought back to the original screen
> showing
>>> all the modes.
>>>
>>> If I select any Safe Mode, I get the following output
> on
>>> the screen:
>>> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\Windows\System32
>>> \Drivers\filename.exe
>>> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\Windows\System32
>>> \Drivers\filename1.sys
>>> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\Windows\System32
>>> \Drivers\filename2.sys
>>> ....
>>>
>>> (like a screen dump, listing a number of paths similar
> to
>>> the 3 above)
>>>
>>> And then I am brought back to the original screen
> showing
>>> the modes to be selected.
>>>
>>> Needless to say, I am not able to start up.
>>>
>>> Please help me to recover my data.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Rizvi
>>
>>
>>.
>>