Data Recovery Help Needed
My friends computer will not boot up Windows. The error message is that his "windows\system32\config\system" file is corrupted or missing.
If I put his drive into my system as a slave, can I then copy this file from my system to his? We are both running the exact same version of Windows XP.
I have tried to do a repair installation of XP but I am not given the option to do a repair installation. I am given the choice to run the Recovery Console, but I have been told that this isn't the best option.......any advice?:bigggrin:
If I put his drive into my system as a slave, can I then copy this file from my system to his? We are both running the exact same version of Windows XP.
I have tried to do a repair installation of XP but I am not given the option to do a repair installation. I am given the choice to run the Recovery Console, but I have been told that this isn't the best option.......any advice?:bigggrin:
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http://www.short-media.com/articles/repair_windows_xp
There are several <i>actual</i> causes that cough up this symptom. My article is hit and miss, but it has solved the issue for several members of the forum. It's always worth a shot, but it's not a sure one.
I was unable to ascertain if the drive was using the buffer overflow protection so i had to take a chance. I chose to only use /FASTDETECT as an OS load in option and not use /NOEXECUTE=OPTIN.
Now, I get the "NTLDR is missing" error message.
Due to the fact that the OS load in was the only variable in this equation I figure it may be that part that has sent me astray.
The HDD is now unreadable even if I set it up as a slave in my PC. It is now recognised as RAW format.
I am currently running a data recovery utility on the drive to find the users photos, and to my suprise it is finding them. The process is going to take about 4 days to read all sectors based on the current time lapsed.....
Is there any way that I can change the format from RAW to NTFS or FAT without losing all the data. I just need to be able to access the data to see what I can save.......
Try TestDisk.
Appreciate your help as always.....
Hi Thrax, where can I find your data recovery article?
(Prof, if you know how I might achieve a better result using testdisk any advice will be greatly appreciated - I'll shout you a Coopers- I am not completely familiar with the program)....
I have also run a program called "data unerase" which is finding a lot of files (literally thousands), which will be a nightmare to try to reorganise!!!
I am still wondering if their is a way for me to get Windows to read the drive as a slave so that I can attempt a more "organised" backup. When I attempt to open the drive in Windows I get an error message - "drive is inaccessable due to damage or corrupt file system" (this may not be word perfect as I am not currentl in front of this particular PC). As mentioned earlier, Windows is seeing the drive in a RAW format, other utilities I have run are recognising the NTFS.
I'm starting to get desperate...........
Can you give a detailed account of what it finds and what options it presents?
I'm at work today so will get back onto it tonight and post some detail.....
Cheers,
B
Thanks for all your advice.
What software did you purchase?