Unmountable Boot Disk

parmmattu · 01-12-2007, 02:12 PM

My laptop was working fine then it just crashed,
When i loaded the system again i got a error message and nothing else would happen not even in safe mode.
how ever i inserted my back up cds and it loaded a system recovery.

I have lost all my data i then ran a hdd test and it has error fail 7
My laptop is only 3months old hp will need to take take it away to fix it i guess
is there anyway i can get my old files or have they been lost for good?
also can someone please advise why this could just happen without any warning.

Many thanks

Parm

dai · 01-12-2007, 03:46 PM

hard drives fail at the most inoppertune moments
you would have to remove the h/drive to try and it would probably void your warranty
try a knoppix linux disk and see if it sees the files and allows you to send them to a backup disk
http://linux.softpedia.com/progDownl...load-2621.html

**petercj** · 01-12-2007, 03:49 PM

This might help with recovery of your files:-

http://www.snapfiles.com/reviews/Fil...scavenger.html

Try running the hardrive manufacturer's diagnostic utility (free download from their website) and see how it checks out.

01-12-2007, 02:12 PM	#1 (permalink)
parmmattu Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 1 OS: XP	Unmountable Boot Disk My laptop was working fine then it just crashed, When i loaded the system again i got a error message and nothing else would happen not even in safe mode. how ever i inserted my back up cds and it loaded a system recovery. I have lost all my data i then ran a hdd test and it has error fail 7 My laptop is only 3months old hp will need to take take it away to fix it i guess is there anyway i can get my old files or have they been lost for good? also can someone please advise why this could just happen without any warning. Many thanks Parm

01-12-2007, 03:46 PM	#2 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 44,112 OS: vista 32x ultimate retail	hard drives fail at the most inoppertune moments you would have to remove the h/drive to try and it would probably void your warranty try a knoppix linux disk and see if it sees the files and allows you to send them to a backup disk http://linux.softpedia.com/progDownl...load-2621.html __________________

01-12-2007, 03:49 PM	#3 (permalink)
petercj UK Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: South Coast UK Posts: 905 OS: Win XP Pro/XP Home/98se/Suse Linux 9.1 & Xandros 3 Deluxe	This might help with recovery of your files:- http://www.snapfiles.com/reviews/Fil...scavenger.html Try running the hardrive manufacturer's diagnostic utility (free download from their website) and see how it checks out.