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ChkDsk error...can't boot

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DragonReborn

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so I FINALLY got a working BartPE disk with ChkDsk and I ran it...but it doesn't fix my problem. It stops on 9% saying that there was an error hyperfil.sys and then it asks me to fix it, i say yes, and then chkdsk stops. doesn't fix my problem. any way to get chkdsk to finish checking/fixing?

PS. I am running chkdsk cause i am getting a blue screen inaccessible device error on boot up and can't get into safe mode.
 
thanks for the advice but I really don't want to lose the data on the drive. also, just to make my life difficult, i don't have my windows disc with me (on the road).

edit: sorry, you mean make an image of my drive, THEN reformat? question: this is a laptop so where can I put the image? don't have an external drive, etc.
 
Realize that any attempts to repair the drive risk losing more data.

If you have another PC:
1) remove the laptop hard drive and:
a) Insert it into a 2.5-inch USB external housing
or
b) Pick up a 2.5-inch-to-3.5-inch IDE adapter and temporarily attach the laptop's drive to your other PC.
2) Boot the other PC and copy your important data to a working hard drive.
3) Re-install the laptop drive into the laptop and re-install your OS. Verify that the drive is functional.
4) Make backups of critical data on an ongoing basis to your other PC, so you don't risk losing all your data again.
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If the laptop is your only PC:
1) Buy a new 2.5-inch hard drive. A 40GB drive is about $65.
2) Remove the current drive and install the new drive.
3) Install your OS on the new hard drive.
4) Buy a USB housing for the old drive. Insert the old drive into the housing and attach it to your laptop and copy your important data.
5) Re-format the old drive, verify that it's functional, and use it as a backup drive so that you don't risk losing all your data again.
 
rebate, very good suggestions. I'm actually helping a friend out and he never backed up, doesn't have his window discs, etc...it's been a chore. =)

i had him boot into knoppix just to copy some files to a zip drive but of course knoppix can't mount the zip drive. he doesn't have an external usb drive, etc. At this point I think the cheapest would be just to buy a 2.5 usb enclosure and download it to a new pc. Personally.

It's an fairly old dell laptop with a built in zip drive...anybody know if knoppix can mount that?

thanks again for all the help...remember to tell your friends to backup!
 
Tomorrow I'll check if I can get my Knoppix can mount my USB Zip 250. Rebate's advice is good. Buy an external USB 2.0 enclosure so that you can connect a CD/DVD burner, 3.5" IDE hard drive or 2.5" hard drive. Since it's in a laptop you can't use EaseUs Disk Copy 1.0. SpinRite will cost you $$$ and Acronis True Image 9 will need an external device attached to the laptop. Another good backup/imaging program is Norton Ghost. None of these backup programs should screw any data up, just a minimal mirror copy. In fact I hear SpinRite is the absolute best and smartest hard drive diagnostic/recovery application on the planet of Earth.
 
spinRite, good stuff.

yeah i am pushing him towards the 2.5 enclosure and just be done with it (hopefully). the bad news is that i just ran a hard drive diag and it failed. so as i expected the hard drive is going down the tubes--hope we can save his data before it goes.
 
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