hide   Never miss a deal of the day with our Daily Deals Section!
Stretch interface sizeReset interface & text size
Go Back   RedFlagDeals.com Forums > Computers & Electronics
Sponsored by:

Reply  
 
Thread Tools
Old May 23rd, 2005, 07:36 PM   #1 (permalink)
Sr. Member
 
ds2chan's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 12th, 2003
Location: North York, ON
Posts: 606
Default how to recover c drive??

OK, here's the scoop. I left my computer on in the middle of the night. When I woke up my comp wouldn't respond. So, I hit the reset button. BUT, my computer kept on saying that it couldn't find windows. That is, I believe the error message is something along the lines of insert a system disk. Thus, I booted up with a win98 boot disk and saw that my c drive is fine. When I tried to boot up with my winxp cd it says that c drive isn't formatted.

Does anybody know how I can go abouts recovering my files?? Can I install a software so that I can read the c drive again so I can copy it to another drive?? thanks for any help you can provide..
__________________
PII 200 || 64 MB PC100 || WD 3 GB || TNT II w/ 32 MB

"you're only as dumb as you look"
Dave
ds2chan is offline  
Send a private message to ds2chan Reply With Quote
Sponsored Links - Join the RedFlagDeals.com community and remove this ad.
Old May 23rd, 2005, 07:37 PM   #2 (permalink)
jed
Deal Addict
 
jed's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 13th, 2001
Location: Out in the Boonies in AB
Posts: 4,495
Default

Slave the drive onto another PC, then use a data recovery app to see if there is anything there. You cannot read and write to the same drive if you want any kind of recovery.

Is your drive NTFS or FAT32?
__________________
What the H E double hockey sticks have I done now?
jed is offline  
Send a private message to jed Reply With Quote
Old May 23rd, 2005, 07:39 PM   #3 (permalink)
Sr. Member
 
ds2chan's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 12th, 2003
Location: North York, ON
Posts: 606
Default

the drive is fat32.. can you please suggest a free data recovery app that I can use?? thanks.
__________________
PII 200 || 64 MB PC100 || WD 3 GB || TNT II w/ 32 MB

"you're only as dumb as you look"
Dave
ds2chan is offline  
Send a private message to ds2chan Reply With Quote
Old May 23rd, 2005, 11:34 PM   #4 (permalink)
Sr. Member
 
mp328's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 25th, 2003
Location: Brampton
Posts: 861
Send a message via MSN to mp328
Default

here download this so called Ultimate Boot CD burn the iso image u download from there and just boot from it. there is enough tools in there that will help u copy/clone the drive or just recover of the drive right away to another drive
__________________
My Heatware
mp328 is offline  
Send a private message to mp328 Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are Off
Pingbacks are Off
Refbacks are Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT -5. The time now is 04:03 PM.






Copyright © 2000 - RedFlagDeals.com, a division of Clear Sky Media, Inc. All rights reserved. (Terms of Use, Privacy Policy)
Close this bar

Welcome to RedFlagDeals.com - Canada's Largest Bargain Hunting Community!

If this is your first visit, the most popular forums are:

  • Hot Deals - Deals from retailers all across Canada
  • Freebies - Free samples that you can sign up for online
  • Contests - Contests from around the Internet
Sign up now!

Why join RedFlagDeals.com?

Join a community of over 200,000 bargain hunters from all across Canada. As a member you can post comments, ask questions, and share deals, coupons, and freebies! Best of all, signing up is free!