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| Thread ID: 81635 | 2007-08-02 07:35:00 | Help! I need to save the computer! | Firzen001 (11302) | Press F1 |
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| 575517 | 2007-08-02 07:35:00 | Hi. When I switched on the computer nothing happened. I presumed it was dead so I left it. I came back about 15 mins later and had started up. I switched on the monitor and it came up with an error. It said something about the Windows has a file missing or its corrupt with the area directory at the end. Below it said Select "r" at the first screen to repair. I pressed r on the keyboard and it starts booting up normally then comes to the same screen. It goes in a loop. I tried taking to my friends place to see if he could copy some certain files onto the hard drive. My next problem occurs. He cannot locate the drive? As my last attempt I took it in to get looked at. They said it was dead and it would cost $500 to repair it. Could anyone help me? I don't want to lose the computers info |
Firzen001 (11302) | ||
| 575518 | 2007-08-02 07:46:00 | Was the XP cd in when u pressed r? Can you boot into safe mode? If you press F8, and select use last best known config, does this work? Did your mate connect it to his PC as a slave and change the jumper on it?? Does it appear in the BIOS? On the post screen? |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 575519 | 2007-08-02 08:06:00 | You should perform a full backup. Yesterday. Or the day before. However, you might be lucky. |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 575520 | 2007-08-02 08:32:00 | Hi. It said something about the Windows has a file missing or its corrupt with the area directory at the end. Below it said Select "r" at the first screen to repair. He cannot locate the drive? As my last attempt I took it in to get looked at. They said it was dead and it would cost $500 to repair it. They said what was dead - the drive? Could well be. In which case the data is lost. Don't see how that costs $500. Even buying a brand new 500GB wouldn't cost that much. get a new PC tech. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 575521 | 2007-08-02 09:09:00 | An external drive costs about 60c a gig at the moment, there is no excuse not to back up !! | limepile (96) | ||
| 575522 | 2007-08-02 10:00:00 | As speedy asked - Did your mate connect it to his PC as a slave and change the jumper on it?? Does it appear in the BIOS? On the post screen? If it does show in the BIOS,look for the HD,that means the drive is still being detected, then there is a chance that the data can be recovered. Running a PC business, I do this almost daily, if you are able locate a program called knoppix, a cheap purchase from any good PC store( $5-10), if not down load it to another PC,burn the ISO image to a CD, its a live CD that will boot and you possibly will see all the folders on the drive, you may just have a few failed sectors, stopping the main data from being seen. If your folders / data is there, then reboot with a USB drive attached, mount the drives and simply copy the data to the removable HD. If you don't feel comfortable doing this email me and I may be able to help.It certainly wouldn't cost $500 - thats robbery. The Knoppix / Linux can see windows files when windows gives up completely. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 575523 | 2007-08-02 10:05:00 | Was the XP cd in when u pressed r? Can you boot into safe mode? If you press F8, and select use last best known config, does this work? Did your mate connect it to his PC as a slave and change the jumper on it?? Does it appear in the BIOS? On the post screen? The XP Home Edition cd was in when i pressed r I can't boot into safe mode(i think, nothing comes up to press a button to enter safe mode. I did press F8, but I don't know what to do. I basicly a noob when it comes to the BIOS system. I think he plugged it in and nothing showed up. I don't know anything about connecting it as a slave. If this could help me, please tell me how. It just appears before the windows startup with the little bar going across. |
Firzen001 (11302) | ||
| 575524 | 2007-08-02 10:17:00 | Sounds like you have failed sectors or damaged files on the PC, as per my previous post, if it boots to that stage of the drivers loading ( bar moving across) then the drive is still active and the data could be recoverable. I run a PC business, email me and I may be able to help you out, or at least confirm if the data is gone.If the drive does have failed sectors espically near the beginning of the disk, then windows may not see the drive even in slave mode. | wainuitech (129) | ||
| 575525 | 2007-08-02 10:22:00 | It said at that part it had missing files or corrupt. If you could tell me how to make it visible in my computer, I think I might be able to create full copies onto our HD from my friends. Does that sound possible?:illogical | Firzen001 (11302) | ||
| 575526 | 2007-08-02 21:11:00 | I'd run the hard drive manufacturers test disc on it to see if it has bad sectors . If not do a repair install . Boot off the WIndows CD, press Enter to Install at the first prompt, press R for Repair at the second prompt . This replaces any systems stuff without affecting your data or settings . If it has bad sectors, get a new drive and transfer your data off the old one . Press DEL to get into the BIOS . Press F8 to get the menu aloowing you to choose Safe Mode . |
pctek (84) | ||
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