disk error

LadyDay · (#1 (**permalink**))

Hi
my main pc has after getting slower and freezing crashed
it wont even give me windows disk check or

i switch it on and it just says

"No system disk or disk error
Replace and strike any key when ready"

there is no cd rom or floppy in any drives

when i hit any key it says its attempting to read something
than goes back to the above message

what shall i do
i have all my reboot discs that came with the pc when i bought here back in 2002 . if i go through that process does that mean all my files are lost.
also
is there anything else i can do
my wireless connection is linked to my main pc

help me please
i have posted the same in majorgeeks
i wonder who can help me first
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TheDogon · (#2 (**permalink**))

LadyDay wrote:

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Hi
my main pc has after getting slower and freezing crashed
it wont even give me windows disk check or

i switch it on and it just says

"No system disk or disk error
Replace and strike any key when ready"

there is no cd rom or floppy in any drives

when i hit any key it says its attempting to read something
than goes back to the above message

what shall i do
i have all my reboot discs that came with the pc when i bought here back in 2002 . if i go through that process does that mean all my files are lost.
also
is there anything else i can do
my wireless connection is linked to my main pc

help me please
i have posted the same in majorgeeks
i wonder who can help me first

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Sorry LadyDay, if your pc is saying non-system disk, that is a bad situation. I am assuming you were using Windows XP. You can try creating an XP boot disk. Then you can try to boot with that diskette and check to see if you can access the partition. But Ladyday, screwing around with disk utilities can get to be really complicated.

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If the information on your disk is not critical, I would just advise to try to reload your system. But nothing is guaranteed. I am not even sure if your disk is still good.

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LadyDay · (#3 (**permalink**))

TheDogon wrote:

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Sorry LadyDay, if your pc is saying non-system disk, that is a bad situation. I am assuming you were using Windows XP. You can try creating an XP boot disk. Then you can try to boot with that diskette and check to see if you can access the partition. But Ladyday, screwing around with disk utilities can get to be really complicated.

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If the information on your disk is not critical, I would just advise to try to reload your system. But nothing is guaranteed. I am not even sure if your disk is still good.

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for real

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major geeks recomended i freeze or refrigirate the hard disc orunscrew and check that its all plugged in

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i tried f1 to get into bios but that failed itjust kept giving me disk error

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i need some stuff off my hardrive are they lost now

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i dont mind doing a full system recovery however which i guess i have no choice but to trythis weekend

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mmmm i need my pc, i didnt want to use my laptop for heavy usage

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TheDogon · (#4 (**permalink**))

LadyDay wrote:

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TheDogon wrote:

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Sorry LadyDay, if your pc is saying non-system disk, that is a bad situation. I am assuming you were using Windows XP. You can try creating an XP boot disk. Then you can try to boot with that diskette and check to see if you can access the partition. But Ladyday, screwing around with disk utilities can get to be really complicated.

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If the information on your disk is not critical, I would just advise to try to reload your system. But nothing is guaranteed. I am not even sure if your disk is still good.

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for real

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major geeks recomended i freeze or refrigirate the hard disc orunscrew and check that its all plugged in

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i tried f1 to get into bios but that failed itjust kept giving me disk error

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i need some stuff off my hardrive are they lost now

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i dont mind doing a full system recovery however which i guess i have no choice but to trythis weekend

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mmmm i need my pc, i didnt want to use my laptop for heavy usage

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Well,you can do what I did. Called a drive recovery place. That can be very expensive.If your drive is unresponsive, forget about a system recovery. Youneed another drive. You can try to rebuild your system on the new drive and if you have a cable that has two connectors, you can hook up your damaged drive "in series"to see if you can access it.

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But for all practical purposes, that drive is gone.

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LadyDay · (#5 (**permalink**))

is it worth me taking it to a pc repair man

if the quite for repair is £100 should i forget it and start saving for a new pc

when you say the drive is gone....do you mean my hardrive is dead

does that mean everything is lost gone and that not even a pc wiz could retrieve files from the hardrive if they tried

TheDogon · (#6 (**permalink**))

LadyDay wrote:

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is it worth me taking it to a pc repair man

if the quite for repair is £100 should i forget it and start saving for a new pc

when you say the drive is gone....do you mean my hardrive is dead

does that mean everything is lost gone and that not even a pc wiz could retrieve files from the hardrive if they tried

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Yep, that drive is dead. I know the feeling. My machine failed two weeks ago. Damn drive up and died on me. I had about 80GB of informationon it. Movies, games, pics, music, etc. It will take me months to replace all this stuff and even then it won't get everything.

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But yeah, my machine is under warranty, I had to send the defective drive back. If your machine is out of warranty, the only recourse is to buy a hard disk. Then have a tech install it.I am not sure if that will cost you more than 100 pounds.

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For now on, both you and Ishould keep critical files backed up to cd or on a jump drive.

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LadyDay · (#7 (**permalink**))

im going to cry now

im going on holiday and cant save for a new pc till middle of summer

why me why me

damn

Bacoo · (#8 (**permalink**))

Maybe someone shipped you a dose of virus.

LadyDay · (#9 (**permalink**))

well the techies i spoke to said they doubt its a virus

but seems they may be able to assist me

they told me to try the reboot functions failing that they will try recover the information of teh hardrive for me

@the dogon they agree with you it seems

TheDogon · (#10 (**permalink**))

Well, if you find someone who can actually take a look at the drive, the information should be salvageable, because the info is actually on the disk. I don't know much about drive repair, but if it is a deal where the drive just won't respond, it's a possibility they could just replace a component or two and get it working.

If there is an issue with the actual disk, then it's gets more complicated,but it is still possible to get the information.

umbrarchist · (#11 (**permalink**))

If you need to recover data off the disk then you may be able to jumper it as a slave and plug it into another system and boot from that hard drive. Then if you can still read the data on the disk that won't boot, copy the stuff off that you need.

The hard drive mantra:

Backup, Backup, Backup.

You don't need it until you do.

umbra

Saida.M · (#12 (**permalink**))

umbrarchist wrote:

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The hard drive mantra:

Backup, Backup, Backup.

You don't need it until you do.

That's allvery well UM bu