ERROR LOADING OPERATING SYSTEM (Important data lost forever?)
I was using my computer today and while trying to load a webpage the computer froze and gave me a BSOD. I restarted and got the message ERROR LOADING OPERATING SYSTEM. I set my bios to all the defaults and only connected my hardrive with operating system to the computer.
I was using my computer today and while trying to load a webpage the computer froze and gave me a BSOD. I restarted and got the message ERROR LOADING OPERATING SYSTEM. I set my bios to all the defaults and only connected my hardrive with operating system to the computer. It still gave me the error. I then booted off my windows XP cd and tried to see if I would have the option to recover an install of windows XP. It didnt give me the option and just showed the drive as a blank drive. So I put it in my other computer and checked it out in Disk Management and it says:
Disk 1
Unknown
189.92 GB
Not Initialized
189.92 GB
Unallocated.
Does this mean the drive is dead?
This drive had my windows partition and my files partition. I stored all my documents and important files on the second half of this drive.
I was using another hardrive to run the windows backup program but I havent run it for a while. I tried to run it the other night since I just got a brand new 300 gb sata dirve 16mb c, but for some reason it didnt work.
What should I do here? If I initalize the drive, I'll lose everything. I do own a copy of GetDataBack which I've used in the past when hardrives are failing, but I fear if I try to initalize the drive, it will destroy much of the data.
Do I have any options or should I just hate my life?
Disk 1
Unknown
189.92 GB
Not Initialized
189.92 GB
Unallocated.
Does this mean the drive is dead?
This drive had my windows partition and my files partition. I stored all my documents and important files on the second half of this drive.
I was using another hardrive to run the windows backup program but I havent run it for a while. I tried to run it the other night since I just got a brand new 300 gb sata dirve 16mb c, but for some reason it didnt work.
What should I do here? If I initalize the drive, I'll lose everything. I do own a copy of GetDataBack which I've used in the past when hardrives are failing, but I fear if I try to initalize the drive, it will destroy much of the data.
Do I have any options or should I just hate my life?
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R-Studio 2.0 shareware Demo was able to figure out that the drive existed, and has two partitions. I'm running a scan on it and it is finding a bunch of the following:
still scanning......
NTFS MFT file entries ---- 300+
NTFS directory entries --- 2500+
NTFS boot sectors -------- 2
Fat file entries --------- 3000+
fat directories entries -- 6
fat boot sectors --------- 6
Has anyone used this software? Is it able to repair the partition so I can just plug it back into my comptuer and have it boot up as normal? I only have the demo, and I am not sure what it is able to do. I may have to get the full version if It can fix the partitions and leave all my data intact.
still scanning......
NTFS MFT file entries ---- 300+
NTFS directory entries --- 2500+
NTFS boot sectors -------- 2
Fat file entries --------- 3000+
fat directories entries -- 6
fat boot sectors --------- 6
Has anyone used this software? Is it able to repair the partition so I can just plug it back into my comptuer and have it boot up as normal? I only have the demo, and I am not sure what it is able to do. I may have to get the full version if It can fix the partitions and leave all my data intact.
The fat entries seem to have recovered little bits of files that are not important. However it did create 3 partitions that had my data. The first was my main drive, the second was my other files drive, and the third was the little bit left over that I didnt partition (a few megs) that must have been when I set it up before and messed up or something.
Anyways, R-studio saved my life.
Now I am just curious if there are any programs out there that can simply correct the partitions so I can plug the hardrive back into the computer and have everything up and running since I didnt lose any data. I'm getting another 300 gig 16m c 7200rpm sata maxtor (because the one I just bought is now being filled up with the contents of crashed drive), but in the meantime I would love to just plug this drive back in and use my computer.
Is there any way to do that? Also, should I trash this drive or try to get warranty work on it? Warrany usually sends a referb drive, which I dont really want. I think the only reason this drive got screwed up was from a power surge the night before and a BSOD in the morning.
Anyways, R-studio saved my life.
Now I am just curious if there are any programs out there that can simply correct the partitions so I can plug the hardrive back into the computer and have everything up and running since I didnt lose any data. I'm getting another 300 gig 16m c 7200rpm sata maxtor (because the one I just bought is now being filled up with the contents of crashed drive), but in the meantime I would love to just plug this drive back in and use my computer.
Is there any way to do that? Also, should I trash this drive or try to get warranty work on it? Warrany usually sends a referb drive, which I dont really want. I think the only reason this drive got screwed up was from a power surge the night before and a BSOD in the morning.
