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Ok, my comp started running very slowly, (taking 3-4 min for internet explorer to load), right after I installed a critical update for windows xp pro. I restarted and first it told me there was no operating system found; now everytime i boot up it says "720 hard drive detects imminent failure". I'd like to be able to get into my hard drive because I have important files, but it doesn't load.
When I boot with the xp pro cd:
If I choose "enter", I don't get the option to repair the existing installation, it says i have one MB free of 57,000, and says "unknown"...meaning I guess it isn't detecting an operating system.
I've also chosen, R first, and run "chkdsk /p and chkdsk /r" many times. It gets to exactly 50% and says "the volume appears to contain one or more unrecoverable problems".
I have not tried "fixmbr" because i wasn't sure if it would delete anything, but I did do fixboot and that appeared to do nothing.
Also, if i type "dir" when it's on C: drive, it says "An error ocurred during directory enumeration".
Before I ran chkdsk a bunch, it would give me the option of running in safe mode or starting normally, but would never actually load, and just restart; now if i don't boot off the cd it says windows could not load because the following file is missing or corrupt (windows root/system 32/hal.dll) and says this file needs to be reinstalled.
I've also hooked up my hard drive to another computer as a slave to see if i could access any files, and it said I needed to format the disk.
I'm just wondering if there is anything else I can do to try and access files of the computer, even temporarily, to get the important files I need off before I reformat the entire drive.
I had 6-7 gigs free before it stopped working, so I don't know why it tells me I only have 1 mb free.
Thanks for any tips or help you can give me.
Rick
When I boot with the xp pro cd:
If I choose "enter", I don't get the option to repair the existing installation, it says i have one MB free of 57,000, and says "unknown"...meaning I guess it isn't detecting an operating system.
I've also chosen, R first, and run "chkdsk /p and chkdsk /r" many times. It gets to exactly 50% and says "the volume appears to contain one or more unrecoverable problems".
I have not tried "fixmbr" because i wasn't sure if it would delete anything, but I did do fixboot and that appeared to do nothing.
Also, if i type "dir" when it's on C: drive, it says "An error ocurred during directory enumeration".
Before I ran chkdsk a bunch, it would give me the option of running in safe mode or starting normally, but would never actually load, and just restart; now if i don't boot off the cd it says windows could not load because the following file is missing or corrupt (windows root/system 32/hal.dll) and says this file needs to be reinstalled.
I've also hooked up my hard drive to another computer as a slave to see if i could access any files, and it said I needed to format the disk.
I'm just wondering if there is anything else I can do to try and access files of the computer, even temporarily, to get the important files I need off before I reformat the entire drive.
I had 6-7 gigs free before it stopped working, so I don't know why it tells me I only have 1 mb free.
Thanks for any tips or help you can give me.
Rick