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Dymond
4th January 2007, 06:39 PM
Kent I'm a bit confused as where this is taking place...Where you able to get back into windows?
Dymond
4th January 2007, 08:01 PM
So the Linux install destroyed the the format of the secondary partition?
thisguychris
4th January 2007, 08:35 PM
DAVE! I'm getting a "UNLOADABLE_BOOT_DRIVE"

followed by the blue screen of death! Help!

This guy wants $300 to recover the information on my hard drive... is that a good price? It would be cheaper to come to Utah and buy you a drink while you fix it!!!

(is that an option?)
Dymond
4th January 2007, 08:47 PM
LMAO Hell I would charge less than $300 bucks

Chris can you take the hard drive out easily or is this a laptop?
thisguychris
4th January 2007, 08:54 PM
it's my laptop

and dave - I'm serious. I'll come to salt lake in the next week or two and buy you dinner if you fix my laptop!
Overw0rkd
5th January 2007, 01:01 AM
What manufacturer and model of laptop is it?

Example- Thinkpad T41p or Dell Latitude D520

I fix laptops all day long... might be able to help ya out here..
thisguychris
5th January 2007, 01:17 AM
dell inspirion.... seriously?? where do you live? Logan, UT is a bit out of my way lmao (doesn't mean we're never going to drink together dy - you're on my top 10 list!)
Beli
5th January 2007, 02:12 AM
LMAO Hell I would charge less than $300 bucks

Chris can you take the hard drive out easily or is this a laptop?

Dy has prevailed where other so called experts have failed. :) i highly recommend him!
thanks again Dy!
Pleb
5th January 2007, 02:34 PM
The second drive which is now represented by the blank disk icon - is windows able to do anything with it at all?

ie would you be able to run chkdsk on it?
Dymond
5th January 2007, 02:43 PM
No, I'm trying to get back important files which were on there, and am trying to work out if reformatting is the only first step. I have a data recovery program which claims to be able to get at files from a accidentaly formatted hard drive, but as this hard drives format has probably only been corrupted I didn't want to resort to that before knowing if it was possible to repair a corrupt format. Plus I thought it might have been possible that it created a new partition with the same drive letter as the old drive so that I am no longer able to see that original drive.

Kent there is some good software out there that can do data recovery. The real key is to not touch the hard drive as much as possible until you can run the recovery program.

Here is the best one that I have used:

Ontrack Easy Recovery Professional


As for you Chris..As long as you get your HD working I won't be offended if someone else does it LOL
stigma
7th January 2007, 11:18 PM
all have do put windows cd in drive typin cmd at dos prop with space if there cortupted file windows replace or call ms it free ask then how put boot sector back on the drive with out formating