chkdsk not valid drive windows xp

Please, a need Help. My PC is using Windows XP, when i turn on the PC, there is a message Press F1 for boot or F2 for setup more less. I run Windows Recovery Console and type chkdsk c: and i got an error the specified drive is not valid, or there is no disk in drive, i try with /p and /r parameters and is the same ...

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Please, a need Help. My PC is using Windows XP, when i turn on the PC, there is a message "Press F1 for boot or F2 for setup" more less.
I run Windows Recovery Console and type "chkdsk c:" and i got an error
"the specified drive is not valid, or there is no disk in drive",
i try with /p and /r parameters and is the same response.
also i run "MAP" and only display Drive a: and d:
 
what can i do Now. i don´t want losse my data.

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Are your hard drives sitting on a SATA or RAID controller? If so, try moving them to a standard IDE port and see whether you can still see them.
 
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Originally posted by AndyFair:

Quote:Are your hard drives sitting on a SATA or RAID controller? If so, try moving them to a standard IDE port and see whether you can still see them. 
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AndyF
 
That's just what I was going to ask.