Vista has lost C drive and will not boot

[Lawrence Brandon]

Yesterday morning Vista , wouldn't boot I was promped to use safe mode, last
known good configuration etc. Would not start in safe mode or last known
good configuration. I finally got the repair from CD to corme up ran repair
after 30 minutes or so got message found 0 problems 0 fixed scrool down
for details reasion repair failed couldn't find C drive . I later got into
safe mode and opened Excel trying to save a work book. couldn't save anthing
from safe mode Hard drive light is on .
Any idea how to boot from C on hard drive?

 

[solon fox]

Yesterday morning Vista , wouldn't boot  I was promped to use safe mode,last
known good configuration  etc. Would not start in safe mode  or last known
good configuration. I finally got the repair from CD to corme up ran repair  
after 30 minutes or so  got message  found   0 problems  0 fixed  scrool down
for details  reasion repair failed  couldn't find C drive . I later got into
safe mode and opened Excel trying to save a work book. couldn't save anthing
from safe mode  Hard drive light is  on .
Any idea how to boot from C on hard drive?

Hi,
I'm curious to see if anyone else will respond, I'd be surprised, but
glad to learn if they do.

Your problem could be a corrupted file in the boot sector. If it were
me, I'd probably take it somewhere like Geek Squad. They have
utilities that will help find the corrupted file and repair it. You
could also be dealing with a hard drive controller failure or mother
board problem. In any case, I'd let someone else diagnose it.

Good luck,
-solon fox

 

[Mike Hall - MVP]

Yesterday morning Vista , wouldn't boot I was promped to use safe mode,
last
known good configuration etc. Would not start in safe mode or last known
good configuration. I finally got the repair from CD to corme up ran
repair
after 30 minutes or so got message found 0 problems 0 fixed scrool
down
for details reasion repair failed couldn't find C drive . I later got
into
safe mode and opened Excel trying to save a work book. couldn't save
anthing
from safe mode Hard drive light is on .
Any idea how to boot from C on hard drive?

Get the drive taken out of your machine and install it as a slave in another
working computer. then save all of your important stuff off of the drive.
You might also want to get a copy of the recovery partition if there is one
in existence.

After having done this, place the drive back into your own computer, and run
tests on the hard drive (can be obtained from the hard drive manufacturer
web site). Ensure that you run the extensive tests.

If all is ok, do a full system recovery using either your own full system
backup or with whatever provision has been given you by the computer
manufacturer/vendor. You can then copy your important files back to the
freshly installed system.

If the hard drive tests show problems, replace the hard drive with a new
one.

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[John Meers]

Yesterday morning Vista , wouldn't boot I was promped to use safe mode,
last
known good configuration etc. Would not start in safe mode or last known
good configuration. I finally got the repair from CD to corme up ran
repair
after 30 minutes or so got message found 0 problems 0 fixed scrool
down
for details reasion repair failed couldn't find C drive . I later got
into
safe mode and opened Excel trying to save a work book. couldn't save
anthing
from safe mode Hard drive light is on .
Any idea how to boot from C on hard drive?

Happened to me too. I had had the computer open and inadvertently pulled
out the power connector on the hard drive.
I would check that the HD cables are OK before taking the good advice from
others.

John Meers

 

[Mick Murphy]

The hard drive working light would NOT be showing if no power!

 

[John Meers]

Mine was. It is a shared drive light for HD and CD.
The point is - check the simple things first. I nearly got into major HD
tests etc before I spotted it

John Meers

 

[Just.some.guy]

Mine was. It is a shared drive light for HD and CD.
The point is - check the simple things first. I nearly got into major HD
tests etc before I spotted it

John Meers

Lol. Rush to judgment is never good huh? I guess the light *can* stay on,
isn't that right?