Re: corrupt files

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I have tried to do the repair Install, but Windows is not seeing the HD's.

ok after the up arrow trick then What? It took me to a screen with 5
options.
1) Raid driver page
2) silicon image 3132 driver page
3) normal format floppy disk
4) quick format floppy disk
5) freeDOS command prompt

"db ´¯`·.. ><)))º>` .. ." wrote:

if recovery console is not
available to you, then you
might try using the windows
cd and simply do a "repair installation"
with it.

however, there might be trick
you can try before
the above.

unknown to most
people after the bios does its
self check the boot.ini menu
pops up for about a 10th of
a second.

restart your computer and
almost immediately begin clicking
the up arrow key continuously
and fast-!.

clicking the up arrow key will interrupt
the boot.ini sequence which
is taking you for a loop.



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"Tacan" <Tacan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Can not get to the recovery consol from windows CD. Windows is saying that
there are no hard drives installed, when I boot from the CD. Windows tries
to boot from the HD on a normal start up but just keeps looping to the Safe
mode start up screen. Safe mode hangs up and freezes.

"db ´¯`·.. ><)))º>` .. ." wrote:

try booting up with
your windows cd and
log into the recovery console.

when you get to the recovery
console command prompt run the
following commands:

chkdsk
fixboot

then "exit" and try to
reboot with out the cd.

the section on
"how to use the recovery console command prompt"
will explain the above:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307654



if the above fails, you can
use you windows cd and
do a "windows repair".

this is better than a
"re-installation" of the o.s.

here are the instructions:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/helpandsupport/learnmore/tips/doug92.mspx

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"Tacan" <Tacan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I recently had my system reboot while trying to load a web page. during the
reboot the hard drives had an error message. and another reboot. bios
says
that my hard drive array is healthy. widows wont load in safe mode it
hangs
up. normal mode tries but reaches a point where it starts over. If I boot
windows from the CD. and try to goto the repair consol, it tells me that
there are no hard drives. If I try to reinstall repair the same thing. Is
there a way to fix this with out reformating the HDD????




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