HDD refuses to load

bobertbbb · Feb 2, 2014

I try to load windows and i get a black screen with an error that states as follows:

"Windows failed to start. A recent hardware or software change might be the cause. To fix the problem:

1. Insert your windows installation disc and restart your computer.
2. Choose your language settings, and then click "Next."
3. Click "Repair your computer."

File: \Windows\System32\config\system
Status: 0xc00000e9
Info: Windows failed to load because of the system registry file is missing, or corrupt."

I have an Alienware m18x and you are able to use 3 HDDS and so i took my old Acer HDD, which works, and then went to start/computer/ and then found the "corrupted" HDD and was able to click on it and i was able to see the files and all my other data.
Tried the system repair but it dosent work. Itll claim its doing the recovery but alls its doing is just moving the blue bar and will sit there for an hour and ill shut it down because obviously it froze for reasons unknown. So i try system restore but it wont even load ANY of the HDDS and I have 3 of them! and wont detect any of them! And for some strange reason the acer HDD keeps on saying the hard disc will crash if i dont make a back up. and it works perfectly fine when its on my acer. Idk what to do. Normally i would rewrite the 'Corrupt" HDD but i have ALOT of important info on theyre and i want it back idc if the disc gets erased as long as i have the info.

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aford10 · Feb 2, 2014

Slave the hard drive into another computer, and use recuva to backup all of your data. Then you can completely wipe and reinstall the OS on that hard drive.

bobertbbb · Feb 2, 2014

aford10 :

Slaving a sata hdd is just connecting the corrupt HDD into another laptop, correct? i did that also and it still said the error message. Unless thats not what slaving is lol.

aford10 · Feb 2, 2014

Yes, that is slaving a hard drive. You connect the hard drive into a good working computer, as a 2nd hard drive. It boots off of the good hard drive, and you can access the files from the 2nd hard drive. There is a lot of software that can recover data from that configuration.

bobertbbb · Feb 2, 2014

aford10 :

Oh...I only have one HDD slot on my Acer. My alienware has 3 but that was the original computer. The Acer HDD only has 80 GB while the corrupted has 500 GB. I have another HDD becuase the alienware was 1TB (2 500 GB HDDS) but i dont think it has an operating system. Have any guides on how to do this?

aford10 · Feb 2, 2014

If the acer is the good computer, then you'd need a USB to sata cable, so you can plug in the 2nd hard drive.

bobertbbb · Feb 3, 2014

aford10 :

Okay...But would i be able to use my alienware? i dont have a usb to sata cable. The alienware is a good working computer better than the acer. and it has 3 slots.

aford10 · Feb 3, 2014

You need a good boot drive, and it's currently in the Acer. You can move that drive to the alienware, however the chances that it will boot off that drive are slim.

bobertbbb · Feb 4, 2014

aford10 :

Okay i ordered a USB to SATA cable. Is there an program that will let me choose what data i want from the corrupt HDD? I only need a few VERY important things and i found out that my other alienware HDD is broken something to do with a smartfailure or something. My Acer only had 80GB and the corrupt one has 500 and i would obviously need around that sze to transfer the whole of it, which i dont wanna do. So is there a program that lets u select certain data to transfer?

aford10 · Feb 4, 2014

Easus is a good data recovery tool.

To be honest, you may not even need it though. A lot of times you can simply connect the damaged drive as a slave drive, and still access the files on the drive. Then it's simply a copy and paste to your good hard drive.

What kind of cable did you order? Did it come with SATA power as well? If not, you need that as well. Something similar to this has both, the USB to SATA data cable, and the SATA power adapter.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812156014

bobertbbb · Feb 5, 2014

aford10 :

I ordered this,http://www.ebay.com/itm/171177909152?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649, but it did not know i needed a SATA powered one tho. Idk if it is or isnt. if its bad, ill just send it back no biggie.

aford10 · Feb 5, 2014

Wow, your choice certainly was pricey. It comes with USB3.0 transfer speeds, but I don't think I'd pay that much for it. But yes, that cable you picked also does power and data.

bobertbbb · Feb 5, 2014

aford10 :

Woah! I know for a fact that i didnt spend 99 bucks, it said 8.99 before, idk where ther 99$ came from lol. Its good to know that it is the correct cable.

bobertbbb · Feb 8, 2014

Ok. So i got the cable. It works. I however did forget to mention that for some reasons unknown, there are 2 operating systems on the corrupt HDD, a home premium and a ultimate. i go to my computer and click the HDD and for some reason, its only showing the home premium not the ultimate which is the one i want to get the data from.

aford10 · Feb 8, 2014

Do both partitions on the slave drive show up when you open the Computer icon?

Now that you have the drive hooked up, you can use software such as Easus to can and copy the data to your good hard drive.

bobertbbb · Feb 8, 2014

aford10 :

Nah only one shows up it says local disk F. Ik the ultimate is not deleted because i put it on my alienware again and seen both OS for the choice. I tried putting it on Easus and recuva and it sill only shows the home premium OS. Also a recovery option shows up too when i plug in the disk. Cant find anything in there either.

aford10 · Feb 8, 2014

If the software can't see the 2nd partition, unfortunately, it's probably corrupt and lost. You can only recover what the software can dig up.

bobertbbb · Feb 8, 2014

aford10 :

If its lost then why it it showing up as a choice on my alienware?

aford10 · Feb 8, 2014

You're currently using the questionable drive as a slave in the Acer, and it doesn't see it.

How are you connecting it in the alienware laptop, and why do you think it's seeing both partitions?

bobertbbb · Feb 8, 2014

aford10 :

Im using the acer hdd now on my alienware and ALL partitions show up, theres no way the data was deleted from the ultimate becuase i can click the partition, it goes to all the basic folders, windows users etc. alls i really wanna do is get to my documents which everything important is saved but when i click users/m18x @ m18x it loads but gets stuck but when i do that for the home premium, i can get the my documents. So there is no way the ultimate was deleted. And idky its not showing up on my acer with the cord?

aford10 · Feb 8, 2014

Instead of trying to drill down that low, just copy the whole thing over. I have no doubt that there are some sectors on the hard drive that are damaged, from what you describe. But you can copy over everything it will let you.

bobertbbb · Feb 8, 2014

aford10 :

Well...i got some more confusing news. On my acer now and the HDD that i thought was broken (the one that said smartfailure) actually has the ultimate OS on it! Before though, when i used the cord with that, the acer did no pick it up b4 it said device failed to install. So it worked and is showing up in the partition on the acer, the one OS i want. itll let me go to certain folders unlike when i had all 3 on the alienware when everytime i tried to open a folder it would either freeze or say access denied or something similar. but i still cant get the m18x folder to open. and as far as ik tnat where my documents is. unless theres another way to get to my documents?

aford10 · Feb 8, 2014

What do you get when you try to open the m18x folder?

bobertbbb · Feb 8, 2014

aford10 :

Ill show u pics of what i do so that uk exactly what i mean ik im not the best @ explaining lol:

http://postimg.org/image/xp6aqck13/
http://postimg.org/image/6qsdm26kd/
http://postimg.org/image/sywcz7071/
http://postimg.org/image/6fqjk0q0j/
http://postimg.org/image/7l0ovcc7r/

I can however click on other folders like windows and get kinda far. Some folders load some dont.

aford10 · Feb 8, 2014

Ok, so it's a permissions issue on that folder. Use the take ownership tool, to give yourself rights to that folder, and then you can access it.
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/add-take-ownership-to-explorer-right-click-menu-in-vista/

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