Broken Hard Drive?

owls · 28 Jan 2006 at 18:17

Hi Guys,ive got a problem!
Ive got a second hard drive installed which is a MAXTOR 10 200GB.
Its been working fine,but today when i switched on my PC it booted up to the Windows logo with the blue bar loading up,then a blue screen flashed up with writing on, but before i could read what it said the PC reset itself and tried to start up again but it keeps on doing this same routine.So what i did is disconnect the MAXTOR hard drive and it booted up fine no problems.I presume the Maxtor hard drive is the problem.Is there anyway i can rectify this as i have important files on the drive that i need to access?

Thanks in advance.

owls · 28 Jan 2006 at 18:24

One thing i forgot to mention in my previous post is that windows detects the drive on first booting up!

owls · 28 Jan 2006 at 18:44

Hi
Ive tried F8 holding it down but the PC goes to windows loading screen every time it wont go into safe mode with the drive connected

owls · 28 Jan 2006 at 18:45

i could do with knowing what the message says its fills about a third of the screen but goes off to fast1

owls · 28 Jan 2006 at 19:13

i found what the message says it is this "PAGE_FAULT_IN_NON PAGED_AREA"
any ideas on how to fix this ?

owls · 28 Jan 2006 at 19:46

My only problem with your suggestion is i have no windows cd as it is preinstalled on my working hard drive.

owls · 28 Jan 2006 at 19:57

Ignore that last post as i found my recovery disc.
I did as you said pressed r for recovery but i got the message that it could not detect any hard drives.This i dont understand,any ideas?