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Cthonix · 05-26-2008, 10:36 AM

Recently my computer stopped booting, when I turn it on it gets to the XP loading screen and no further, it keeps trying to load till the computer automatically reboots. I can hear and feel the hard drive spinning so i don't assume the problem is down to my PSU.
I've tried running it in safe mode but it loads up a few system32 files then seems unable to go on.
Since I only have 1 hard drive I have been unable to just boot from another, I had to use a version of xp bootable from a cd, this worked fine except it was unable to find my hard drive.
I tried Ubuntu next and this found my drive but was then unable to mount it, saying it was an unrecognisable format.
I have also tried to reformat my computer (loaded up RAID drivers needed for HD), however once I get to the options to repair or install xp, either option does nothing, everything just freezes.
I think my hard drive may just be dead so I plan to go and buy a new one soon, but there is data which I would like to recover on that drive so if anyone has any suggestions on how I might fix or access the drive they would be most welcome.
EDIT: Oh yeah, and I used my hard disk check utility on my motherboard (I think) which said there was a seek failure of the drive. And the thing is SATA if that makes a difference.

Thanks in advance.

05-26-2008, 10:36 AM	#1 (permalink)
Cthonix Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 20 OS: XP	Hard Drive won't boot Recently my computer stopped booting, when I turn it on it gets to the XP loading screen and no further, it keeps trying to load till the computer automatically reboots. I can hear and feel the hard drive spinning so i don't assume the problem is down to my PSU. I've tried running it in safe mode but it loads up a few system32 files then seems unable to go on. Since I only have 1 hard drive I have been unable to just boot from another, I had to use a version of xp bootable from a cd, this worked fine except it was unable to find my hard drive. I tried Ubuntu next and this found my drive but was then unable to mount it, saying it was an unrecognisable format. I have also tried to reformat my computer (loaded up RAID drivers needed for HD), however once I get to the options to repair or install xp, either option does nothing, everything just freezes. I think my hard drive may just be dead so I plan to go and buy a new one soon, but there is data which I would like to recover on that drive so if anyone has any suggestions on how I might fix or access the drive they would be most welcome. EDIT: Oh yeah, and I used my hard disk check utility on my motherboard (I think) which said there was a seek failure of the drive. And the thing is SATA if that makes a difference. Thanks in advance. Last edited by Cthonix; 05-26-2008 at 10:42 AM.