Here's the situation - I restarted my Notebook earlier this evening (for no reason other than to just restart it), and I left to get a drink. I came back up ten minutes later and saw my Notebook *still* rebooting. I thought this was REALLY odd.
It turns out that whenever it comes to my Windows startup (XP, just for information) it reboots. I can't even get it to start in Safe Mode, Safe Mode w/ Command Prompt, Last Known Good.. Anything.
I have my XP CD with me (thank Christ) and loaded it up. I was HOPING I could re-install XP on my D: Partition, get on there, get the stuff out and just start from scratch, but XP will not even allow that as apparently C: is unreadable. Fucking whatever.
So. I'm thinking there's a problem with either my MFT or my MBT. I've already reset my MBT (God help me) and it didn't do anything.
I have found close to fuck all on Google for this situation -
Is there anyone out there who might have any advice at all? I'm ready to die at the thought of losing nearly eight years of important documents, photos, etc.
FAO Those that warn me that I should back up often - I do. *THAT* Hard drive went tits up a week ago. I'm convinced I pissed off a Voodoo Priestess or something.
PLEASE HELP!!
~j
May-05-2006 03:19
VERTiG0
cunning linguist.
Registered: Dec 2003
Location: no longer Cambridge, Ontario, Canada
Hoooooboy just hope your MFT isn't fucked.
I really don't know what to do except flatten and reinstall.
Are you using Maxtor harddrives, by any chance? If so, use Seagate. Hell, if you're using ANYTHING BUT Seagate, use Seagate
May-05-2006 03:20
magikb
Home of Lix and Jenn˛
Registered: Jan 2004
Location: on the other side
do you have any external HD's on that the laptop could be trying to boot from instead?
That has happend to me in the past.
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May-05-2006 03:21
smuncky
Architect
Registered: Dec 2003
Location: richmond hill, ontario, canada
u said u cant install xp on anohter partition...can u delete that partition and create a new one, if there is nothing important on it.
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May-05-2006 03:32
Jer
Never Left
Registered: Nov 2003
Location: London Town
quote:
Originally posted by VERTiG0
Hoooooboy just hope your MFT isn't fucked.
See, I just felt a WAVE of Nausea. Thanks Cale.
I just Ran CHKDSK through recovery console - the Data is There. Just no Indexing to where all my shit is at!
quote:
do you have any external HD's on that the laptop could be trying to boot from instead?
That's a negatory, my good lady.
May-05-2006 03:33
me@t k@tie
dun dun dunnn
Registered: May 2005
Location: Wishes she was in Deutschland. :(
did you get XP onto your D: partition?
May-05-2006 03:36
r5a
snake inverter
Registered: Dec 2003
Location: Toronto
Use a Linux Live CD to try and read the HD? (for backing up)
May-05-2006 03:37
Jer
Never Left
Registered: Nov 2003
Location: London Town
quote:
Originally posted by me@t k@tie
did you get XP onto your D: partition?
Nope
May-05-2006 04:06
nusty
Congrats Andrew/ Hillary!
Registered: Feb 2003
Location: LA and still a little bit of Toronto
as a last resort drivesavers in California can get the info all back for about $200 or so. I've had to use them once a very years back. They honor confidential material and have a reasonable turnaround time.
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May-05-2006 04:33
LKD
Omni-peasant
Registered: Aug 2001
Location: Its June 18th, 2005, I'm at the Skybar
my desktop has had this issue for over a year now. it reboots halfway while booting up...so usually on the 3rd beep it ends up at the "start in safe mode blah blah....start windows normally"
it works fine...
its a bug in windows and i DID see a solution for it on the windows site....havent gotten down to doin it cos im just so lazy but yea just check it out....too lazy to get the link for u too...
if it reboots constantly, just check ur hardware...somethings not sitting right or just needs to be pulled out and put back in....thats what i tried when i had ur exact issue and it worked....hopefully thats the only problem
