Re: C: working like a Dog!

Joey12457 wrote:
Also when i type in the chkdsk c: /r it says that it is a bad command or
file. Then I try to use the command on the A: which is the active drive
and it still says that it is a bad file or command.
Joey12457 Wrote:
I actually cannot get into safe mode on my laptop it also does not
recognize that I actually even have one. When I get to command prompt
it actually shows the A: as active drive. The only way I can even get
there is because I start to do a reformating then I abort it right
before it begins to format it out. I was told either the drive is dead
or it just is corrupted but I would like to get all my music, pictures
and what not off of the drive I hope someone here can help.

Thanks again
Joey





Hi Joey12457,

I will assume that you have WindowsXP CD. If that is the case, set
the CDROM to be your first boot device. If it boots, then do a
repair install. If it will not do a repair install, then the drive
may be dying.

At that point I would pull the hard disk. Note these days most
manufacturers just have a door on the bottom of the laptop and you
remove it and slide out the drive. Put in a new drive and run you
WindowsXP disk again and do a clean install.

For $25 you can get a USB enclosure. Put the 'old' drive in the
enclosure and see if your clean install of Windows can recognize the
drive. If it can, copy those files you need.

Once you have saved your files, format the 'old' drive and then run
a diagnostic on it. If it bad, throw it away. If not, you now have
an external backup for your data.

Personally, I have two USB hard disk. One is an 80GB drive that
stays in my laptop drive, the other is a 250GB drive that stay on my
desk at home. I backup to both of them every Sunday. And I don't
mean just the data. Because my laptop is a development machine, I am
constantly loading and unloading software. I also make an image of
the system drive every week.

When in doubt backup. Even if your laptop hard disk never died what
would happen if your laptop would get stolen?

Ciao . . . C.Joseph

And on the seventh day God said,
"I will rest . . . Murphy take over."
.

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