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Win XP Pro won't boot - repartition prob

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Toshiba Satellite 1905-S303 (Win XP Pro, P4 2.4 GHz, 40Gig HD, 512 DDR, etc.)

My OS won't load because I believe that my hard disk partition is corrupt. Here's what was going on:

I was defraging my HD and had to pause and then stop the process. When I rebooted, I received windows boot errors and ended up having to reinstall windows. Because I don't have a recent backup, i wanted to recover data before reinstalling a clean install of XP. So, I installed XP over my current (corrupt) copy and was able to boot fine. Then I used PartitionMagic 8 to create a new partition in my free space (roughly 10 Gigs). Of course, you have to reboot the system for the changes to be applied, so I did. Then the system did part of the changes and rebooted again and then hung. I received the error:

A problem has been dtected and Windows has been shut down to prevent damage...run CHKDSK /F and restart...tech. info: STOP: 0x00000024...etc.

I ran CHKDSK from the recovery console (not with /F, wouldn't work) and it said there were some errors. now i can only get back to the blue screen with the above error.

WHAT CAN I DO TO RECOVER ALL THE DATA?

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By the way, I need the computer ASAP. so I'd be glad to offer more points if someone can help me quickly!

by pbbr25500

you could try making sure that your hard drive partition(s)is using fat32 file system and not ntfs,or vica versa,i believe PM8 and has a tendancy for this...

by rcom

There's a program called R-Studio that will allow you to restore practically any of the partition tables that's ever been on the computer. There's also a demo version that will allow you to view the disk first before purchasing. If you see the correct info the softwatre can be purchased and downloaded online. This is a lifesaver and for the price of about 70.00 is inexpensive for what can be done with it. It works with fat 16/32 & NTFS.

www.r-tt.com

by dragononedon

XP has it's own partition software which works just fine.
If reinstalling the software doesn't work and since you have a chksum error, you may not beable to recover your lost data without going to a specialist.
If it's really important it may be worth the cost.
Next contact your mfgt. of your hard drive with the problem and see if they have a solution. To recover use of your HD you may have to (w/support from mfg.) do a low level format and start over.

by admin

I have used a program from Winternal's Administrator's Pak called remote recovery and was able to repair the partition table and then used disk commander to finish. Then I used winXP's chkdsk /f to repair the drive and now I'm able to boot. The disk is still damaged so I am just backing up all the data so that I can reload windows. Thanks...

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