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Os not loading..Helppp!

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MattyMoo

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i have windows 7 on my laptop and a second os system loaded on a portable hard drive that has my VM ware loaded on it ....I plugged it in and was able to use it happily ..then i noticed last time i plugged it in that it was doing a disk check or something similar which i became nervous about so cancelled it ..now when i plug it in i can see that it loads and my windows can see the hard drive and info but as soon as i try and start the vm ware os it goes into the xp loading screen then crashes out a minute or so later..this hard drive has all my diagnostic auto hardware on it so i would hate to lose it.
Any ideas anyone..thanks
 
Windows automatically checks disk integrity if it detects a problem. Depending on where chkdsk was at in the process, and how you "cancelled" it, you may have caused further disk or filesystem errors.

I'd suggest connecting your portable, then open an elevated command prompt and run "chkdsk X: /x /f /r" (where X: is the drive letter for your portable, and without the quotes). The /x switch dismounts the drive so that chkdsk has full access.
 
I think i cancelled by pressing the start button on my computer intil it shut down...i panicked a little as the hard drive and equipment cost me a fair old stack of cash.
Im not sure how to open an elevated command prompt..im sure its simpler than it sounds but would appreciate if you could tell me how to do that ?
thank you for your reply im a newbie on here.
 
Newbies are welcomed here! An "elevated command prompt" simply means a command prompt opened with administrative privileges. You do that by clicking the Start button, type cmd.exe where it says "Search programs and files", then right-click the cmd.exe icon and select "Run as administrator", which opens an elevated command prompt window.

Before you run the chkdsk command line, you need to determine what the drive letter for your portable drive is. Just open Windows Explorer and note which letter is assigned to the portable drive.

Close explorer and go back to the command prompt window. As an example; lets say your portable drive is assigned letter F:, in which case you would type: chkdsk F: /x /f /r, and then press "Enter".

If chkdsk says it can't dismount the drive, and asks if you would like chkdsk to run the next time the computer restarts, type Y then press "Enter' again. Close the command prompt window, then restart your computer.

Chkdsk will will run on the drive prior to booting to your Windows desktop. It may take a while, so be patient and let it complete it's work. When it's done, Windows will open to your desktop and you can then check whether the portable drive will boot the VM. Post back with your results.
 
it gets as far as stage 4 of 5 then appears to stick on the following lines
CHKDSK is verifying file data <stage 4 of 5>
10 percent complete. <20 of 496 files processed>

the little green light is flashing away on the external hard drive like billyo but nothing appears to be happening?
 
ok so it went through chkdsk and found no errors but when i try and start the windows application through vmware the xp os has the bar running accross but crashes out and trys to reload..So that aint working very well.
As the vmware xp os starts loading it crashes out briefly, reporting

c00000135 (unable to locate component)
ADVAPI32 dll was not found
 
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MattyMoo said:
im new at this stuff but id like to try so do i download onto the external hard drive where the vm is or to themain host computer or dont it matter
thanks
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I would put it on your main drive since the status of the external is in questions. Link the file location to the CD drive in Vmware. Alternatively, if you have the drive in Vmware already linked to your physical CD drive, you can just burn a copy and let it boot from there. I have used my copy several times at different locations.
 
I can access the external drive easily. Its just that when i try and load the secondary hard drive through VM ware it crashes.
Sorry this might have been more than obious but my experience of computers has been primarily limeted to hardware and thats 12 years ago and not really relevant!
 
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