Problem With Hard Drive

[dmk112]

Here's the issue: Yesterday I was using my computer (not installing anything new, just some web browsing). I go away for a couple of hours and find the computer shut down. I proceed to turn it back on and when the windows xp logo comes on and freezes. I then try rebooting in safe mode, it loads the drivers but then when it gets to d347bus.sys it says 'hit esc to cancel', if I don't hit esc it freezes, if I hit esc it goes into safe mode and loads up.

Here's the 2nd problem (definetly related). One of my hard disks (actually a partition of one disk) is saying that it is not formatted when I try to browse it. Wtf??

So I search for this file d347bus.sys and rename it to see what happens. I reboot and now windows is able to startup in regular mode but the one partition is still said to be 'unformatted'.

So I then figure it must be something wrong with the windows so I re-install a fresh copy of windows over the current copy (I didn't reformat the partition).

No luck, still same problem with the drive. I believe that the drive is ok because when I boot up in DOS mode I am able to view the contents!

I'm running Win XP Pro. Any help appreciated.

Derrick

 

[bendixG15]

did you run chkdsk on the drive ??

 

[imported_fixit]

Reformat the partition and then install Windows

 

[dakels]

Are you running daemontools or another virtual drive program? If so, remove daemon tools and that file. That file is a daemontools driver which has been known to cause problems as you describe (boot issues/blue screen).

As for the bad partition, sounds like the partition is shot. Reformat that partition. If you have data on that partition you need, try running some fix programs on it either via a software tool like partition magic or XP OS CD or a simple chkdsk command. You can also try booting of a linux CD or another OS CD to try to recognize that partition and transfer the data off. Even if you do "fix" the partition, best bet IMO is still to reformat after you get the data off to make a clean partition.

 

[dmk112]

Originally posted by: bendixG15
did you run chkdsk on the drive ??

Yep, in command mode (windows) I typed it in and I get a message " The type of file system is RAW, CHKDSK is not available for RAW dirves"

The thing I don't understand is that when I boot up using a bootdisk I can view the contents of this partition. That's the only reason I am still hopefull of this.

Originally posted by: fixit
Reformat the partition and then install Windows

Tried this, no luck.

I'll be trying partition magic next per dakels recommendations. Stay tuned.

Thanks everyone.