How many partitions are on the drive?
How many partitions are on the drive?
Just one.
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I am going to go out on a limb and say that if you can spare the information that is stored on the PC, and you just want to get it up and running, format the drive.
I'd suggest getting the Hard Disk utilities disk that your drive manufacturer makes available. Maxtor, Seagate, WD etc... all make tools for diagnostics/formatting etc.
Once you have that, just format the hard disk. Once formatted then use the XP boot disks to install XP.
Should I do an FDISK /MBR as well?
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That's an Idea. I have a post showing how to fix the MBR on windows XP machines.Originally Posted by grego
http://www.techzonez.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3975
Note, that FDISK no longer works with windows XP. In fact I never use a DOS or windows 9X disks to do anything on a windows XP partition.
Instead I use a BARTPE disk that I made to fix errors and so on. I highly recommend you to make one if you have time and often have errors crop up with windows XP.
http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/
In fact you might be able to use that to get into your XP install, and fix it.
If you have a disk that you can boot up to outside windows (I've used miniPE-XT) you could replace the damaged/corrupt system file in windows\system32\config\system with one that is located in WINDOWS\repair. That would get you into the computer.
Just wanted to mention that the Maxtor HD in question failed the Powermax test when doing a full scan. Another dumb question: does anyone know if minipe.v2k5.06.06-xt.iso is bootable?
Yep, sure is.
To make a drive a slave, you have to change the jumpers:
Once you change the jumpers to slave, then the drive is slave. Your drive usually has the jumper settings printed on the label of the drive itself. You'll need to remove the hard disk from your toshiba to change it to a slave.
Can you offer any more insight to my afore-mentioned problem? I've never gutted a PC and transplanted elsewhere... Is there another way to access my files in my Toshiba ... or is the slave method seemingly the best way?
The file that is missing is the hardware information part of the registry. If you try to use the Last Known Good boot option it may boot but they usually don't. All that it should require is that you do an 'in place install' but it may be that all the registry files are corrupted and the in place install won't be able to find your installation. I have seen this many times and it must be some kind of undocumented feature of Xp and W2k that occasionally the the registry gets hosed or becomes unreadable.
Good news is that your data is just about always OK and if you have a copy of the system state data you can re-install Windows and import the system state data and woohoo! you are back in business.
Curios tip number 2 - back up your system state data
(number 1 was just back up your data using True Image)
I'm using Windows 7 - you got a problem with that?
THank you for the info.I'd like to get more info on the restoring windows.... but for now I need to get my files out for immediate use. I'm accessing the HD as a slave on another computer running the same OS (XP home edition) but I can't get some files due to "access denied". How do I get a screen that allows me to say " Hey HD... it's me... here's proof.... Now LET ME IN!!!!"
http://www.techzonez.com/forums/show...ight=ownership
Oh what evil lurks in yon HD...
After unsuccessfully trying to get ownership of the evil HD... the bugger started clicking and not letting me access the drive again...
HELP ME... I'M melting....
If it is clicking it might be a major issue related to hard drive failure.
If so check this thread:
http://www.techzonez.com/forums/show...hlight=freezer
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