Corrupted Partition and Continous Reboot problem

[gbozovic11]

Hi,

Last night when I went to bed I left my computer running. This morning
there was a blue screen of death. Unusal on this computer, since its
about 1 month old, never happened before. I reboot the system (hard
reboot). As soon as the computer and the Windows XP logo shows up, the
computer reboots itself. Then I get to the safe boot mode, any boot
option it will not work, as soon as it hits the Windows XP screen and
starts loading, it reboots.

1) I took Win XP CD and booted to it, then went to repair/reinstall
operating system option. At this screen it could see the hard disk, but
could not recognize the partition without formating it.
2) I then booted to the XP recovery console. When I tried something
like "dir" it would not allow me to saying access denied
3) I ran FIXMBR C: and nothing happened (no response)
4) I ran FIXBOOT, it said it could not identify the partitition, so it
re-identified it as NTSF (which it is)
5) I am now running through chkdsk /r which is running through slowly
(at 52%)

The priority to save the priceless data on the hard disk, even if the
hard disk went bad (although its new). I have priceless photos and
documents that I spent years working on. Yes, I had backups but
ironically two days ago I erased my DVD-RW with backup preparing to
make a new backup this week (updated) Now its all on this disc that I
cannot boot.

The hard disk is a SATA WD 74gig 10,000RPM.

Rest of the system is:
Athlon64 4000+
Asus A8N-SLI Premium MB
2gig Corsair XMS memory
MSI NVIDIA 7800GTX
Plextor 712 EIDE DVD-Writer

It's Windows XP Pro (32-bit); the system is self-built, one month old,
no other hardware was added last couple of days.

I have another older computer (p4 1.8) with an 120gig EIDE disk. I
could start backing stuff up, however I do not have a SATA interface on
this computer. I could go to local computer store and pickup an
interface.

Please any help would be appreciated. Any course of action recommend

Kind regards,

George B.

 

[R. McCarty]

Chkdsk /F is the WRONG thing to do in your case. Chkdsk may fix
the errors, but in the course of doing that remove data. It's possible
the partition table is corrupt. I would stop all operations until a more
specific diagnosis can be made.

 

[Anna]

Hi,

Last night when I went to bed I left my computer running. This morning
there was a blue screen of death. Unusal on this computer, since its
about 1 month old, never happened before. I reboot the system (hard
reboot). As soon as the computer and the Windows XP logo shows up, the
computer reboots itself. Then I get to the safe boot mode, any boot
option it will not work, as soon as it hits the Windows XP screen and
starts loading, it reboots.

1) I took Win XP CD and booted to it, then went to repair/reinstall
operating system option. At this screen it could see the hard disk, but
could not recognize the partition without formating it.
2) I then booted to the XP recovery console. When I tried something
like "dir" it would not allow me to saying access denied
3) I ran FIXMBR C: and nothing happened (no response)
4) I ran FIXBOOT, it said it could not identify the partitition, so it
re-identified it as NTSF (which it is)
5) I am now running through chkdsk /r which is running through slowly
(at 52%)

The priority to save the priceless data on the hard disk, even if the
hard disk went bad (although its new). I have priceless photos and
documents that I spent years working on. Yes, I had backups but
ironically two days ago I erased my DVD-RW with backup preparing to
make a new backup this week (updated) Now its all on this disc that I
cannot boot.

The hard disk is a SATA WD 74gig 10,000RPM.

Rest of the system is:
Athlon64 4000+
Asus A8N-SLI Premium MB
2gig Corsair XMS memory
MSI NVIDIA 7800GTX
Plextor 712 EIDE DVD-Writer

It's Windows XP Pro (32-bit); the system is self-built, one month old,
no other hardware was added last couple of days.

I have another older computer (p4 1.8) with an 120gig EIDE disk. I
could start backing stuff up, however I do not have a SATA interface on
this computer. I could go to local computer store and pickup an
interface.

Please any help would be appreciated. Any course of action recommend

Kind regards,

George B.

George:
It does sound ominously as if the HD failed (although there could be other
factors involved) but perhaps its contents can still be accessed. Your ASUS
A8N-SLI motherboard has IDE controllers to which you can connect your 120 GB
PATA drive, does it not? Couldn't you do so, boot to that drive with your
SATA HD connected as (in effect) a secondary drive and hopefully access the
data on the latter drive? I realize there's a distinct possibility that the
120 GB won't boot in your ASUS machine but couldn't you do a Repair install
(assuming the 120 GB drive contains the XP OS) or, should that fail, even
reinstall XP on that drive should the need arise?

And, in the meantime, download the WD HD diagnostic utility to check out
your Raptor.
Anna