03-05-2011, 09:42 PM
There are a few things you can try.
-http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/ download the iso, create and boot from this disk there are a ton of free options for HD diagnosis (get a hold of me and I can walk you through the best ones -- <!-- e --><a href="mailto:mike@bitzcomputers.com">mike@bitzcomputers.com</a><!-- e -->) There are a few tools on this that can recover partition tables and MBR's.
-on that same disk there is a bootable linux version called Parted magic, it can tell you if the HD has an issue and we have better luck with linux reading some drive errors than windows. (you can transfer right from linux to an external HD)
-Knoppix is another linux distro that specializes in reading windows partitions.
-The error you are getting is usually caused by a corrupt registry hive (can be recovered with some work) but the partition tables have to be fixed.
These are a few options to try before pulling the HD out.
Droa
-http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/ download the iso, create and boot from this disk there are a ton of free options for HD diagnosis (get a hold of me and I can walk you through the best ones -- <!-- e --><a href="mailto:mike@bitzcomputers.com">mike@bitzcomputers.com</a><!-- e -->) There are a few tools on this that can recover partition tables and MBR's.
-on that same disk there is a bootable linux version called Parted magic, it can tell you if the HD has an issue and we have better luck with linux reading some drive errors than windows. (you can transfer right from linux to an external HD)
-Knoppix is another linux distro that specializes in reading windows partitions.
-The error you are getting is usually caused by a corrupt registry hive (can be recovered with some work) but the partition tables have to be fixed.
These are a few options to try before pulling the HD out.
Droa