Help Me Please :(

Barnsey · 02-20-2007, 05:03 AM

When i boot up my laptop it comes up with a disk read error accurred. i understand that i need a new hdd but i need to take information from this one. I can access my bios and boot menue but cant boot an o/s. If anybody knows a way to take information from the hdd please let me know

lnshukla · 02-20-2007, 08:56 AM

Hi:

You can access your HDD using Bart's PE (Pre-installed Environment) Disk. If you are confident enough in burning CDs, You can create this disk as mentioned in the link:

http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/

You can create this disk from W-XP SP2 or higher (W2K3 CD) version of windows. PE disk gives you a facility to boot into a windows like environment and you can have read/write access to NTFS drives. You can also execute programs there. Hope it works.

jro · 02-21-2007, 12:33 PM

Another option would be to use a live distro of Linux like Mepis or Knoppix. I have used Mepis in the past to recover files on my hard drive and transfer them to an external drive.

Essentially you load and run the linux OS from your hard drive. The OS runs temporarly in your systems RAM. The nice thing about a Linux OS on CD Rom is that you can use your computer while you are trying to repair it. I was able to ask questions on this site using my WiFi and the built in browser. It was pretty handy.

Good Luck

JRo

**hwm54112** · 02-22-2007, 07:24 AM

Use a Notebook drive adapter to install it in a desktop temporarily. Then copy the drive contents to that computer's drive. You could also get two of the adapters and do a direct drive to drive copy after installing windows

Barnsey · 02-23-2007, 03:28 AM

thanks alot ive sorted my problem now

02-20-2007, 05:03 AM	#1 (permalink)
Barnsey Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Liverpool Posts: 39 OS: Windows XP Pro SP2	Help Me Please :( When i boot up my laptop it comes up with a disk read error accurred. i understand that i need a new hdd but i need to take information from this one. I can access my bios and boot menue but cant boot an o/s. If anybody knows a way to take information from the hdd please let me know

02-20-2007, 08:56 AM	#2 (permalink)
lnshukla Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Mumbai, India Posts: 17 OS: WinXP Pro, Win Vista Ultimate	Hi: You can access your HDD using Bart's PE (Pre-installed Environment) Disk. If you are confident enough in burning CDs, You can create this disk as mentioned in the link: http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/ You can create this disk from W-XP SP2 or higher (W2K3 CD) version of windows. PE disk gives you a facility to boot into a windows like environment and you can have read/write access to NTFS drives. You can also execute programs there. Hope it works.

02-21-2007, 12:33 PM	#3 (permalink)
jro Registered User Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 51 OS: xp	Another option would be to use a live distro of Linux like Mepis or Knoppix. I have used Mepis in the past to recover files on my hard drive and transfer them to an external drive. Essentially you load and run the linux OS from your hard drive. The OS runs temporarly in your systems RAM. The nice thing about a Linux OS on CD Rom is that you can use your computer while you are trying to repair it. I was able to ask questions on this site using my WiFi and the built in browser. It was pretty handy. Good Luck JRo

02-22-2007, 07:24 AM	#4 (permalink)
hwm54112 TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 2,233 OS: WINXP	Use a Notebook drive adapter to install it in a desktop temporarily. Then copy the drive contents to that computer's drive. You could also get two of the adapters and do a direct drive to drive copy after installing windows

02-23-2007, 03:28 AM	#5 (permalink)
Barnsey Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Liverpool Posts: 39 OS: Windows XP Pro SP2	thanks alot ive sorted my problem now