smirnoff Posted February 21, 2008 Author Posted February 21, 2008 i tired pressing f10 but it took me to some RAID screen when should i press f10? Quote
Seth Posted February 21, 2008 Posted February 21, 2008 I managed to get into WINDOWS RECOVERY CONSOLE and typed CHKDSK and it says: THE VOLUME APPEARS TO CONTAIN ONE OR MORE UNRECOVERABLE PROBLEMS.... gulp... what now? *patiently awaits :-)* That is exactly why I was suggesting you run a chkdsk. In other words, the "volume" is your hard drive which stores all the software and is now on its death bed. Your only option at this point is to purchase a new hard drive and reinstall XP. Quote Need help with your computer problems? Then why not join Free PC Help. Register here If Free PC Help has helped you then please consider a donation. Click here
smirnoff Posted February 21, 2008 Author Posted February 21, 2008 wow that sucks. so all my documents will be gone? Quote
smirnoff Posted February 21, 2008 Author Posted February 21, 2008 how did this happen? can i find out? how can i prevent this next time? Quote
maynardvdm Posted February 21, 2008 Posted February 21, 2008 Power failures is normally a big problem especially if it happens when the hard disk tries to read or write. So if you are in a area where there are a lot of power failures a UPS would be a good investment. Quote We are all members helping other members. Please return here where you may be able to help someone else. After all, no one knows everything and you may have the answer that someone needs. RaidMax Smilodon Gaming Case | Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H M/B | Intel Core i5 3570K @ 3.4GHz | 8GB Corsair RAM | Nvidia GTX550 Ti 1GB GDDR5 | Corsair 800w PSU Register for FREE >>here<< | If we have helped you, please consider a donation >>here<< SAS | MBAM | WinPatrol | Avira | ERUNT | Nvidia Drivers http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll57/mjsmileys/userbarnew4sec.gif
AdvancedSetup Posted February 21, 2008 Posted February 21, 2008 wow that sucks. so all my documents will be gone? It depends. They may be gone or if you're lucky you might still be able to recover some of them. The best thing to do would be to connect that drive to another functioning PC as a secondary drive and see if you can copy any data to maybe an external USB drive and/or use Recovery software to retrieve back some data. Why it happened ? Difficult to say but hardware can and does fail some times in the blink of an eye. That is what makes backing up your data VERY IMPORTANT. How to prevent, probably nothing you can do to prevent if it was a hardware failure. Just make sure you always have up to date backups of all the data you create and the CD/DVD for all the software you install. Quote Need help with your computer problems? Then why not join Free PC Help. Register hereIf Free PC Help has helped you then please consider a donation. Click here Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware | Malwarebytes' Products | SUPERAntispyware | HijackThis | Spybot Search & Destroy | hpHosts | SpywareBlaster | WinPatrol | SiteHound | FireFox | NoScript | Adblock Plus | Sandboxie | Acronis True Image | ThreatFire | ESET Online Scanner | Kaspersky Online Scanner | Panda Online Scanner | Trend Online Scanner | Avira AntiVir Personal | Avast Free AV | CCleaner | ATF-Cleaner | Online Armor Firewall | Outpost Firewall Free | DirectX | Office Compatibility Pack | Office 2003 (SP3) | SubInACL | Windows Defender | Windows Installer 3.1 | IE7 XP | XP SP3 for IT | Sysinternals | Virtual PC 2007 | Returnil We are all members helping other members.Please return here where you may be able to help someone else.After all, no one knows everything and you may have the answer that someone needs.
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