Disk Failure? Please help me...my laptop...
The volume appears to contain one or more unrecoverable problems
is the message i get after running chkdsk in recoverymode. I have windows xp and a few days ago my laptop started showing a SMART warning saying failure is iminent. WIndows would not boot anymore and it said that the ntoskrnl was missing or corrupted. can someone please help
ps i am new to the forum lol
is the message i get after running chkdsk in recoverymode. I have windows xp and a few days ago my laptop started showing a SMART warning saying failure is iminent. WIndows would not boot anymore and it said that the ntoskrnl was missing or corrupted. can someone please help
ps i am new to the forum lol
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If you got the SMART error and you're getting file corruption (system cannot find files it needs) then there's definetly trouble on the horizon.
- Do you have data that is on this hard disk drive (HDD) that is NOT backed up (and that you want to keep)?
- If so, shut the sytem down for now before proceeding.
- It (the HDD) shouldn't be powered back up again until you are ready to recover your data. That is the priority. (We'll help you through that.)
Based on your answer to the question re: data on the HDD, we'll tell you what step to proceed to next.Do you know how to get into the BIOS?
You can usually enter the BIOS by hitting F2 or DELETE as soon as you turn the system on.
If you can navigate around the BIOS to determine the HDD model no. that'd be helpful.
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Does your laptop have a floppy diskette drive (FDD)? (or do you have an external (USB) FDD?)
You'll need to determine if it is an IDE or SATA drive.
So, you'll need to replace it w/ another ATA-6 drive.
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I looked at your profile. You should be able to post links now. Could you please post the link you were referring to? Thankyou! :smiles:
HERE is a manual explaining how to use the diagnostic utility and interpret the error codes.
According to what I read, you should go on to perform the ADVANCED diagnostic.
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Error Code and first aid for your drive
The following table defines all the currently supported DFT error codes. For example if during testing of your hard drive DFT reports a error code of 0x70 as shown on page 14, this indicates that your hard disk drive has problems reading one or more of its sectors. In most of these cases the drive can heal itself of these errors. To do this first back-up all your data from the problem drive ( if possible ) then run DFT again and select either the Erase Disk or Sector Repair option which is under the Utility heading. If you already have a backup of the data on the hard disk or the data isn’t important you can opt to run Erase Disk/Sector Repair from the Test Result screen. Once the selected operation has completed you can then run one of the test options Quick or Advance to confirm that the drive has been healed. The result code, which should be displayed, is 0x00 if the test returns another code then you should check with your drive/system vendor if the drive can be return for warranty replacement.
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Error Code and first aid for your drive
The following table defines all the currently supported DFT error codes. For example if during testing of your hard drive DFT reports a error code of 0x70 as shown on page 14, this indicates that your hard disk drive has problems reading one or more of its sectors. In most of these cases the drive can heal itself of these errors. To do this first back-up all your data from the problem drive ( if possible ) then run DFT again and select either the Erase Disk or Sector Repair option which is under the Utility heading. If you already have a backup of the data on the hard disk or the data isn’t important you can opt to run Erase Disk/Sector Repair from the Test Result screen. Once the selected operation has completed you can then run one of the test options Quick or Advance to confirm that the drive has been healed. The result code, which should be displayed, is 0x00 if the test returns another code then you should check with your drive/system vendor if the drive can be return for warranty replacement.
Care to expound at all laptopbox?
(BTW, Your posts 14 & 15 are identical best I can tell...)
BTW, the errors aren't really "healed". Rather the bad spots on the drive are "flagged" telling the OS not to attempt to use them. To me, that's a signal to replace the drive. IOW, it's starting to fail. Replace it now b4 the problem worsens. That's "preventative", "pro-active" maintenance. :smiles:
ive fixed my laptop hardrive, chkdsk reports it to be good and everything works. Iv reinstalled windows xp pro sp2 and now it laggs extremely..The start up splash screen takes ages to finish (5mins) and then the screen goes blank then after 2 mins the logon screen comes on.. Similarly everything in my windows installation laggs. Also during setup it lagged.. This is extreme!:sad2: also how do you get rid of a SMART error?