K this is from my other thread plz help me out! :| ok so idk what happened but now my other harddrive won't boot - sits at the xp pro screen with that stupid loading bar and doesn't do anything - i can't get into my OS though safe mode even cuz it will load the needed stuff but stop and not do anything - any ideas? xp pro 1 gig ram 160gb sata western digital - the non workin one 20 gb ide segate - workin one athelon xp 1800+ cpu tried to repair the disk though the windows cd and i typed in chkdsk and it initally told me it was fine - so i typed chkdsk /p for the partition and then it got to 26% and told me i had one or more un recoverable errors so wtf do i do besides reformat and loose 80gb worth of stuff here is a pic of my problem
Cry and reformat. jk...but if you have the windows cd boot off that into safe mode, then try to go in and copy pasta your files in to th working drives.
gah i can't boot from cd into safe mode - unless im doin it wrong - boot order 1. cd rom 2. harddrive 3. floppy when it asks to boot from cd i push a key then it loads the setup files.... asks me to install windows repair or quit :| gah ---- - if i reformat i loose like 10-12 movies - hours of songs and ---- - lots of psd's and gah i mighit as well
Id just turn my HD off an boot from the cd an format my comp..but wait for AKW hes a comp god he,ll probaly know whats wrong.
ok sorry for not posting for a long time - the seagate i have is kinda old idk - maybe 3 years to 4 years max and 160 is new right out of the package about 2 months old :| any one else have any ideas? - plannin on reformatting tomorrow or so
just reformat. its the easiest way to do it.thats what I had to do with mine. I got the blue screen of death tho. This should be a firm lesson to always back up your ---- onto a hard copy(dvd,cd, or floppies)
well great but i had a talk with an aussie girl who says to just try to rewrite the windows registery files - which i think are f-cked up as is so i'll try that - final option though to fix this is reformatting - i accept my defeat :|:|:| thanks for help =\
Maybe a couple of your system files are corrupted. Like your .dll files or .ini files for initiallizing Windows XP. I would try to do a Windows repair first before reformatting your computer.
Wait, you have two hard drives? My god, this is too easy. Go download a LiveOS (boots from a cd, no installation.) Burn the ISO to a CD (not a DVD) and load it on your computer. When it firsts loads, press enter to load it. When asked for a username, type root, and when asked for a password, type [/b]toor[/b] . After you have logged in, type in startx , which will load a GUI similar to Windows. Mess around with some stuff, and I think you can figure it out after a few minutes.
i didnt read all the posts but if you get another hdd with a clean version of windows on, can you not just use that and your other hdd. Then repair, save, copy files or what ever you want
