Vista hard drive boot problems

jamiepedder · 01-13-2008, 08:48 PM

Hi all! Hope someone can help...

I have a triple boot xp/vista/ubuntu machine which up until recently has worked beautifully.

I use vista for work purposes, xp for gaming, linux for fun/development.

My problem is that when going into Vista, chkdsk complains about one of my partitions and starts a scan, doesnt find anything and then boots vista normally. The problem is the partition in question is no longer accessible...get an error saying file or directory corrupt.

When I then boot into XP, chkdsk launches on that too, goes through fine and boots into XP, and I have access to the drive again.

Subsequent boots of XP will not start chkdsk, but as soon as I go back into Vista, chkdsk starts again and I can't access the drive.

Have tried running chkdsk e: /R in XP and Vista and the XP tool finds no errors, the Vista tool won't complete - gets to verifying file data (stage 4 of 5) and seems to stop. (Left it for 2 hours no progression).

Had various boot cds with different hard disk tools on and everything I run on the drive comes back with a clean bill of health.

Any ideas?

01-13-2008, 08:48 PM	#1 (permalink)
jamiepedder Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 1 OS: Windows Vista / Windows XP	Vista hard drive boot problems Hi all! Hope someone can help... I have a triple boot xp/vista/ubuntu machine which up until recently has worked beautifully. I use vista for work purposes, xp for gaming, linux for fun/development. My problem is that when going into Vista, chkdsk complains about one of my partitions and starts a scan, doesnt find anything and then boots vista normally. The problem is the partition in question is no longer accessible...get an error saying file or directory corrupt. When I then boot into XP, chkdsk launches on that too, goes through fine and boots into XP, and I have access to the drive again. Subsequent boots of XP will not start chkdsk, but as soon as I go back into Vista, chkdsk starts again and I can't access the drive. Have tried running chkdsk e: /R in XP and Vista and the XP tool finds no errors, the Vista tool won't complete - gets to verifying file data (stage 4 of 5) and seems to stop. (Left it for 2 hours no progression). Had various boot cds with different hard disk tools on and everything I run on the drive comes back with a clean bill of health. Any ideas?