corrupt registry/hard drive
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ive had this big problem for a while now where windows will not start, i get a screen telling me part of the registry is corupt.
i have now found the windows cd, and gone into the "recovery console" but its telling me that i don't have a hard drive connected. and says the same if i try to reinstall windows.
yet if i disconnect the hard drive and start it i get a different screen, so its not that its got a loose connection.
so does this mean the hard drives f
ked?
and a case of get a new hard drive, then install windows?
and is there any way to recover my files?
cheers
i have now found the windows cd, and gone into the "recovery console" but its telling me that i don't have a hard drive connected. and says the same if i try to reinstall windows.
yet if i disconnect the hard drive and start it i get a different screen, so its not that its got a loose connection.
so does this mean the hard drives f
ked?and a case of get a new hard drive, then install windows?
and is there any way to recover my files?
cheers
I had something like this
wouldnt boot XP
after being told the BIOS couldnt see a hard drive at time other times it did but hung loading
I gave up and pulled the hard drive out of it
I reset the jumpers to slave and plugged it into a spare pooter I was just about to junk for the memory and hardware, as a second drive
I was able to access the pictures and doc files I was worried about
Problem now is the one I'm using as temporary unit has a built in instability that makes it freeze usually if using any one program or function for over an hour
So it'll be time to move on or rebuild soon
but the most importnat thing was getting access to the lost files, which worked for me
I hope you can get away with similar luck
wouldnt boot XP
after being told the BIOS couldnt see a hard drive at time other times it did but hung loading
I gave up and pulled the hard drive out of it
I reset the jumpers to slave and plugged it into a spare pooter I was just about to junk for the memory and hardware, as a second drive
I was able to access the pictures and doc files I was worried about
Problem now is the one I'm using as temporary unit has a built in instability that makes it freeze usually if using any one program or function for over an hour
So it'll be time to move on or rebuild soon
but the most importnat thing was getting access to the lost files, which worked for me
I hope you can get away with similar luck
you can get programs that can check the registry for problems yet they only work when your up and running.
best bet is to get another hard drive install windows on that and you should still be able to access the corrupt drive so you can transfer as much files as you can to be safe then just wipe it and reinstall windows.
best bet is to get another hard drive install windows on that and you should still be able to access the corrupt drive so you can transfer as much files as you can to be safe then just wipe it and reinstall windows.
Like GTdave91 said backing up will need to be done on another hard drive by another computer.
Have you tried updating your BIOS on your hard drive to the latest version? I've had this problem with the computer not reading drives then are. It's usually a cable (power or data) problem or bios problem. If both these fail then more than likely harddrive isn't in the best of states. If you don't fancy updating your bios at first, then you can try restting your bios back to default. This can sometimes help.
Good Luck
Have you tried updating your BIOS on your hard drive to the latest version? I've had this problem with the computer not reading drives then are. It's usually a cable (power or data) problem or bios problem. If both these fail then more than likely harddrive isn't in the best of states. If you don't fancy updating your bios at first, then you can try restting your bios back to default. This can sometimes help.
Good Luck
Without knowing what hardware you have I'm guessing...
But it sounds as though you may need to load a driver specific to your hard drive controller on the motherboard.
Many times, this can be overcome by looking in the bios, where under 'Hard drive controller' (or similar category) you should find and 'Emulation' option.
This will have settings of 'RAID' or 'RAID + AHCI' or simply 'AHCI' and 'IDE' or 'Native IDE'.
If you select 'IDE' and reboot, then Windows should be able to 'see' your disk.
edit: corrected spelling.
But it sounds as though you may need to load a driver specific to your hard drive controller on the motherboard.
Many times, this can be overcome by looking in the bios, where under 'Hard drive controller' (or similar category) you should find and 'Emulation' option.
This will have settings of 'RAID' or 'RAID + AHCI' or simply 'AHCI' and 'IDE' or 'Native IDE'.
If you select 'IDE' and reboot, then Windows should be able to 'see' your disk.
edit: corrected spelling.
Edited by TonyRPH on Sunday 15th August 09:56
well ive just tryed to connect it to my spare computer, but the broken one uses a red cable (sata?) and the spare uses a big fat grey cable. so i couldn't try that.
ive tryed messing around with all the settings, but from what i can see, its not detecting the hard drive.
so i think i will try buying a cheap HD and see if it is the hard drive that is the problem, and if it then works, hope i can connect it as a secondry HD and recover my files.
and as ive been saying for the last few years, i should really back up my files sometime.
ive tryed messing around with all the settings, but from what i can see, its not detecting the hard drive.
so i think i will try buying a cheap HD and see if it is the hard drive that is the problem, and if it then works, hope i can connect it as a secondry HD and recover my files.
and as ive been saying for the last few years, i should really back up my files sometime.
but its wanting me to activate windows, so will just reinstall it on a new HD, as this one is only 30GB. Gassing Station | Computers, Gadgets & Stuff | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff