Re: Won't boot up - Urgent

Alias wrote:

>
> "Ray" <NoSpan-lizhiqiang1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:urZmCQhrFHA.1168@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> My computer suddently won't boot up and shows a blue screen saying
>> unmountable boot volume issue. I booted up the pc using Windows XP
>> disk
>> and entered into repair mode doing chkdsk. It found some errors -
>> The
>> volume appears to contain one or more unrecoverable problems. I
>> tried to take out the harddisk and put it into a USB external
>> harddisk case but it
>> could not be displayed the volume - harddisk was detected. Is there
>> any way to save the data on the harddisk before I replace the
>> harddisk?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Ray
>
> Did you change the jumpers to slave before putting it in the USB?
>
> Alias

My USB external enclosure needs the hard drive to be jumpered as master,
so I don't think that's the OP's problem. To the OP: if the hard drive
is at all viable - not physically damaged - there are various data
recovery programs that can get the data. Some are free (which I've
never used by others have said they work well) and some are quite
expensive. I use Ontrack's Easy Recovery Pro which is quite costly.

If the hard drive is physically unable to be seen in another machine -
connected directly as slave, not in an external USB enclosure - then
you can send it to a professional data recovery firm. I particularly
recommend DriveSavers, but there are others. These firms' services are
not inexpensive, but only you can determine the worth of your data.

http://www.collina.us/files/REST2514.htm
http://www3.telus.net/mikebike/RESTORATION.html
PCInspector File Recovery -
http://www.pcinspector.de/file_recovery/welcome.htm
Ontrack's EasyRecovery -
http://www.ontrack.com/Homepage.aspx?id=3&pagename=Software
Recover and Restore Deleted Files (Line 36) -
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
File Saver Pro - Recover Deleted Files -
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_u.htm#xp_util
www.recovermyfiles.com

DriveSavers - http://www.drivesavers.com
Seagate Data Recovery Services -
http://www.seagate.com/support/service/drs/services.html

Malke
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