Re: Windows XP won't boot even from CD after PartitionMagic CRASH!!!!

On Feb 7, 8:21 am, db ´¯`·.. ><)))º>` .. . <databaseben at hotmail
dot com> wrote:
you're welcome.

we will all be standing
by to ascertain your
results.

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unfortunately, the issue you
have brought fourth has not
been the first.

I believe that there is a site
out there that is deliberately
luring people to download a
fatal program.

if you can provide the link
you utilized, I will analyze
the what and where and
get its makers involved.

--

db·´¯`·...¸><)))º>
DatabaseBen, Retired Professional
 - Systems Analyst
 - Database Developer
 - Accountancy
 - Veteran of the Armed Forces

"share the nirvana" - dbZen

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<albertwonglosange...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in messagenews:282da9e5-4413-4739-a0e3-c4be9b25fa30@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
On Feb 6, 12:07 pm,  db ´¯`·.. ><)))º>` .. . <databaseben at hotmail
dot com> wrote:
oh? no problem. sometimes
I miss a key point - sorry.

but I must say, you are very
polite and professional about
reiterating the point.

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"the focus of this should be
gaining access to the system
again."

therefore, if the cd is genuine
and is bootable and the bios
is set to boot from the cd

then the system should
be able to boot from that cd.

however, if the above is not
possible, then you will have to
remove the disk and install into a
functional computer, as a slave
drive.

then use that functional o.s. as
the means to work on that
corrupted drive.

what is likely happening with the
cd method above, is that the disk
is corrupted and it simply cannot
accept any data from any cd,
though they may be bootable or
have recovery utilities.

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therefore, having the disk on a
functional system will enable you
to work on it and restore it to
a functional and accessible state.

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in addition to the recovery console
and the utilities that you can try
from a functional system on
that corrupted drive,

you might also try a partitioning
utility called disk director from
acronis.

in my opinion it is 100 percent
reliable and has additional utilities
to recover corrupted disks of
this magnitude.

one of the tools you might try
from the above is to analyze
the ntfs and see if it crashed.

if so, then it can be recovered
with that program.

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unfortunately, if the utilities above
were not available, then you would
have to fdisk that disk (nuke it), and

then reinstall the o.s. from scratch
"or" restore the computer with the
manufacturer recovery disks.

the above being said, you might
want to double check with the
manufacturer and simply ascertain
an idea if that computer had a
hidden partition on its disk with
recovery utilities on it.

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I wish there was a simpler
way to fix the issue,  but this
is one of a tremendous magnitude
caused by a very powerful utility and
unreliable program.

it would have been easier to simply
format the drive, at least your cd
would have then been bootable.

also, if there was a backup
made of the disk before hand,
then fdisk'ing and formatting
the disk would have been an
appropriate method.

because then with a formatted
and functional disk, you could
have restored the data.

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after this, you will be somewhat
of an expert on issues like these.

--

db·´¯`·...¸><)))º>
DatabaseBen, Retired Professional
 - Systems Analyst
 - Database Developer
 - Accountancy
 - Veteran of the Armed Forces

"share the nirvana" - dbZen

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<albertwonglosange...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in messagenews:6415331e-3013-4d79-9450-9d8fe6ba2405@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
On Feb 6, 10:01 am,  db ´¯`·.. ><)))º>` .. . <databaseben at hotmail
dot com> wrote:
ok,

then the recovery console
should be utilized.

boot with the cd and
select repair.

when you get to the disk
prompt run a

chkdsk
fixmbr

then exit and reboot
without the cd.

afterwards, a repair
install should be able
to proceed, that is if
you still need to do it.

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--

db·´¯`·...¸><)))º>
DatabaseBen, Retired Professional
 - Systems Analyst
 - Database Developer
 - Accountancy
 - Veteran of the Armed Forces

"share the nirvana" - dbZen

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<albertwonglosange...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in messagenews:28c8b36c-57db-457e-85e3-6d848e1b6579@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
On Feb 5, 4:40 pm,  db ´¯`·.. ><)))º>` .. . <databaseben at hotmail
dot com> wrote:
ok,

since the o.s. is not
bootable then you
will need to use a
winxp cd to regain
access to the computer

normally, I would
recommend using
the recovery console
and running commands
like a check disk.

I think that you should
perform a repair
installation instead to
ensure the integrity of
the o.s., in spite of any
resizing or relocation of
files that may have occurred
via pm.

here are the instructions:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/helpandsupport/learnmore/tip...

--

db·´¯`·...¸><)))º>
DatabaseBen, Retired Professional
 - Systems Analyst
 - Database Developer
 - Accountancy
 - Veteran of the Armed Forces

"share the nirvana" - dbZen

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<albertwonglosange...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in messagenews:7d0561bb-af9f-4359-a263-be032ca37ffb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
On Feb 5, 3:23 pm,  db ´¯`·.. ><)))º>` .. . <databaseben at hotmail
dot com> wrote:
well, it likely makes no
difference at this time.

it is however, highly likely
that if any were enabled,
then they interfered with
the program.

partition manager is not
a reliable program, unfortunately.

first of all, it is imperative
that a disk be checked for
errors, defragged and any
trash files removed before
resizing it.

so between a dirty disk and
an unreliable program and
perhaps antiviral, the whole
process has become a disaster.

to be clear, did the crash
occur while the program was
in the middle of executing file
relocation.

or did the crash occur as the
result of the program unable
to execute the process of
analyzing and moving data?

--

db·´¯`·...¸><)))º>
DatabaseBen, Retired Professional
 - Systems Analyst
 - Database Developer
 - Accountancy
 - Veteran of the Armed Forces

"share the nirvana" - dbZen

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

<albertwonglosange...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in
messagenews:68c9510b-9e10-4774-91e6-6d0a38702dc2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
On Feb 5, 1:13 pm, Mick Murphy <MickMur...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
In your Bios/setup, have you made the CD/DVD Drive 1st in the Boot Order, so
you can boot from the XP CD?
--
Mad Mike

"albertwonglosange...@xxxxxxxxx" wrote:
Ok, I'm at a loss. Any thoughts will be much appreciated..  Here
goes....I had one large partition on my hard drive.  I decided to
create a dual boot on my machine which was running only Windows XP
Pro.  I couldn't leave well enough alone, so I grab a copy of
PartitionMagic to resize my one large partition so that I could create
a second partition in order to install Windows 7.  I install Partition
Magic and create the two Rescue Diskettes (so I'm not the biggest jerk
around after all)  Everything was going smoothly, then a quarter of
the way through, PartitionMagic throws an error about a missing file
and starts to reboot my machine. The screen comes up with "Sorry for
the Inconvenience...." and gives me the option to boot into Safe Mode.
I'm keeping my fingers crossed at this point....NO SUCH LUCK....I see
a bunch of filenames go by like normal that end with .sys extension.
Then the computer beeps and takes me back to the "Sorry for the
Inconvenience...." screen.  I decide I need to do a repair, so I
insert my XP Pro cd into

Thanks for the detailed reply.  I can't imagine being anything but
professional and polite to someone who is helping me out of sheer
helpfulness.

I think I'm starting to understand. Just to be clear, when you say the
"disk is corrupt", you are referring to the hard disk, correct? If so,
I think I see where you are going.  I have heard of Acronis before and
will definitely give it a try.  Hopefully, I don't screw things up
further. I do want to give it shot and learn a little since I've
already dealt with the misery of it all....might as well come full
circle with this.  Thanks again! I will update this post after my
attempt and maybe I can help someone else. If you think of anything
else, please post your ideas!

-Al

So, this is what I've gotten around to doing. I removed my hard disk
drive from my machine and put it in a SATA enclosure and connected it
to another machine via USB. When I browse the drive in question from
Explorer there doesn't seem to be much on it. It doesn't appear that
any of my data is on it at all. I used Acronis Recovery Expert to
search for deleted partitions on my the now external HDD and Acronis
says it found no deleted partitions. Where do I go from here??? Is
all my data gone??
.

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