Re: What is the problem with my HD with Win 2k?

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Ok, so, I put the bad HD in another good machine as the slave drive.
All of the contents shows up when i go into the drive under my computer.
I can see all of my files, programs, partitions, etc.

So, would it be correct to say that there is a problem with the boot sector
of this drive? If so, how would i fix this?

Is there a way to make an image of that drive and clone it to the good drive?






"Gary Chanson" wrote:

> I don't think I understand. Do you mean that when you still have the
> drive in the original computer, the BIOS does not detect the drive but it
> boots to the Windows login screen? I don't think it's possible to boot from
> a drive which the BIOS can't detect so I expect that the BIOS is detecting
> the drive. If this is true, you may only have corrupted files and the hard
> drive might not have failed. Have you run any hard drive diagnostics on
> this drive yet?
>
> If data on the drive is corrupted, you probably don't want to clone it,
> you probably want to copy the important files separately to another drive.
>
> If the problem is corrupted files instead of a failed drive, you may be
> able to fix it by doing a repair operation from the install disk. I'd
> suggest running a good hard drive diagnostic and if the drive passes, boot
> from the Windows setup disk, go through all of the prompts until after the
> EULA and setup should detect the old installation and offer to repair it.
> If this doesn't happen, bail out because the normal install will blow away
> your old installation.
>
> --
>
> - Gary Chanson (Windows SDK MVP)
> - Abolish Public Schools
>
>
> "WORLDe" <WORLDe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:50C26941-E203-45E5-A8DD-228560F00434@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > I have decided to put my "failed" drive into a bootable machine to copy
> data.
> > What do you suggest i used to make a clone of the failed hard drive?
> > I believe the HD and its data are still intact because it will boot and i
> > can see the windows login screen. However, the bios doesn't normally
> detect
> > it.
> > So, i want to try making a clone of the failed drive and copying it to the
> > bootable drive in the same computer. How would i go about this??
> >
> >
> >
> > "Gary Chanson" wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > "WORLDe" <WORLDe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > > news:29D6F900-97AA-4D91-AF5B-E80B7D2EBEE9@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > I am having a problem with one of the HDs on my server. I can usually
> boot
> > > it
> > > > up, but then at the login screen I get an error message saying UNKNOWN
> > > HARD
> > > > ERROR. The PC then either reboots itself or I get a black screen
> saying
> > > > PLEASE INSERT BOOT MEDIA.....
> > > >
> > > > I am assuming it is a HD problem and I would like to install a new HD.
> > > > However, the software on that drive is very vital and I cannot afford
> to
> > > lose
> > > > any of it.
> > > >
> > > > So, how can I copy all of those programs and settings to the new HD
> > > without
> > > > losing anything? And, please keep in mind that I cant even boot the PC
> > > into
> > > > windows half the time.
> > >
> > > If it's getting as far as the Windows login screen before the error,
> you
> > > probably still have a chance of recovering the data from the drive. If
> this
> > > is happening as soon as the machine starts booting up (before it even
> tries
> > > to load Windows), you might be out of luck.
> > >
> > > There are various tools available both online and in stores that can
> > > help with data recovery. One way to get a bunch of free tools for this
> is
> > > to download the "Ultimate Boot Disk".
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > > - Gary Chanson (Windows SDK MVP)
> > > - Abolish Public Schools
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
>
>
>
.

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