Hard Drive misadventures
This is a discussion about Hard Drive misadventures in the Windows Hardware category; This isn't as crucial as I'd say it is, but it would be helpful if anyone knows a way around this. Right now I'm using a simple 20gb hard-drive, but decided to use an older one (9gb)as a slave. The problem is, the old hard drive has corrupt content (Nothing a format couldn't solve) As I set it as a slave, hook it u ...
This isn't as crucial as I'd say it is, but it would be helpful if anyone knows a way around this.
Right now I'm using a simple 20gb hard-drive, but decided to use an older one (9gb)as a slave. The problem is, the old hard drive has corrupt content (Nothing a format couldn't solve) As I set it as a slave, hook it up and boot the computer, everything starts swell. The BIOS likes the idea, and continues. Even Win XP's load up screen smiles at this. Once WinXP starts, however, I ended up frowning: the screen goes black, and the computer freezes. I'm guessing that once windows scans the hd during startup, it wacks out, though I don't know enough just to say that as a definite explanation. Any ideas on what's going on, or even better, how to solve the issue?
Oh yes, I've tried running the recovery console too, but it also froze.
Right now I'm using a simple 20gb hard-drive, but decided to use an older one (9gb)as a slave. The problem is, the old hard drive has corrupt content (Nothing a format couldn't solve) As I set it as a slave, hook it up and boot the computer, everything starts swell. The BIOS likes the idea, and continues. Even Win XP's load up screen smiles at this. Once WinXP starts, however, I ended up frowning: the screen goes black, and the computer freezes. I'm guessing that once windows scans the hd during startup, it wacks out, though I don't know enough just to say that as a definite explanation. Any ideas on what's going on, or even better, how to solve the issue?
Oh yes, I've tried running the recovery console too, but it also froze.
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What format is the corrupt HDD, NTFS or FAT32? If it's FAT32 you could try a Win 9x bootdisk to access it or a Windows 9x based system. If it's NTFS u could try Win 2k based system to read it.
If you are just planning to reformat the drive, and don't need to try to recover the data, you could boot off the WinXP CD to format and/or repartition it.
oops, shows how closely I read your post - Recovery console froze? How about if you act like you're gonna do a new install, and then on the part where it asks where you want to put it, delete the partition on the corrupted drive....
OP
It's was used as an NTFS drive. That is, emphasis on "was." I'll try these options out after the holidays and post the results, thanks for the help.
Happy Holidays
Happy Holidays
OP
Well, it worked
Thanks for the help guys, I suppose sooner or later I'll probably be able to fix this stuff on my own.
Probably.
Thanks for the help guys, I suppose sooner or later I'll probably be able to fix this stuff on my own.
Probably.
