Help desperately needed.

[Atrax]

Guys I went to my PC this morning and noticed I had left it on last night.

None of the programmes were actually responding, including Startbar (it would open but I couldnt select anything).
I had to hold the power button in to shut my pc down.

Now, no matter how I start my PC (Last safe setting, normal or safe mode), during the start up it flashes a blue screen (too quick for me to read it) and then reboots and tries again. This just keeps happening.

Im running on XP pro.

Anyone got any ideas whats up?

Thanks (posting from Laptop, which doesnt run World of Warcraft very well )

 

[Atrax]

Would taking my HD out and putting it into my Flatmates PC to drag the files I want too keep onto my external drive work?

After that I dont mind if i need a new HD etc. I just dont want too lose a lot of my files, pics etc etc

 

[Atrax]

Ive just noticed that on start up my primary master device is seen as NONE.

I presume this means that my HD is fooked.
Is there any way to get the files of this if I use it as a secondary slave drive or seomthing? of course Ill have to get another HD first.

Edit- Should I try putting the Windows XP disc in on start up?
Would I lose the files on the HD if I did so?

 

[Atrax]

At a guess if it's not seeing it as the primary master it wont see it as a s econdary slave or anything. Sounds like the HD is toast, best you can do is replace it then try to recover anything on it by putting it on IDE 2 or something.

Did you try to pull files off it by putting it in your friends PC yet? Maybe you took it out and not put it back correctly?

Do you have something else on primary secondary (same cable as the HD is on) and does that show up ok in bios?

I havent touched the HD yet. So that shouldnt be an issue.

Primary Master: None
Secondary Slave: Maxter 6Y120P0 YAR41BW0
Secondary Master: PIONEER DVD-RW
Secondary Slave: None

Third Master: Maxtor 7Y250M0 YAR51HWG
Third Secondary : None

Now I already have a main and a slave drive and a DVD rw.
Could they both drives be in the above but just not as Primary Master?

Think its still an HD prob?

 

[Atrax]

ok, so I found a way to see what was written on the blue screen that flashes up for a milisecond prior to rebooting.

I used my video camera so that I could pause it when the blue screen comes up

Unmountable_boot_volume

So after some googling I found
http://www.techtips4u.com/kb/sw/SW00014.htm

If I do this will I lose all the files on my HD?
Would I be better going out and getting another HD and trying to salvage my current files using the broken HD as a slave and dragging them across?

Thanks for the help guys its appreciated.

 

[Atrax]

this should not lose your files. .


but if i were you i would put this HD into another pc as a slave drive and copy off your data

ok thanks.

I might go to the local pc shop and get a new HD.
Install XP onto that and then copy the files over that way.

I need a new HD for this machine so I have another for my new build anyway.