Alright, here's my story:
I'm on a flight, i've used my laptop (HP Pavilion DV5102tx) for a while and i put it into hibernate mode. I get off the flight, come back home, try to start up my laptop and it doesn't work. I get the "WINDOWS COULD NOT START BECAUSE THE FOLLOWING FILE IS MISSING OR CORRUPT: windows\system32\config\system" error.
So I pull out my XP CD. I find that:
1. I can't repair using the recovery console because apparently C drive doesn't seem to exist
2. I can't install or repair my XP install using the install program, because as soon as I try to do so, i get:
"An error occurred while setup was updating partition information on 95341 MB Disk 0 at Id 0 on bus 0 on atapi [MBR]. Setup cannot continue."
Now, I'm not the greatest computer expert but what I think happened is that my Hard Disk somehow got corrupted and I have to reformat it before installing XP again. However, I've got a great number of important files that I need to back up before doing so.
My laptop HD is a Fujitsu MHV2100BH model with a SATA Connector. So I try to connect it to my desktop as a slave device to my primary Hard Disk so I can get the files off it. It all works well in the beginning, the POST and BIOS screens register my second HD, and I get to the windows loading screen, but immediately past that the system halts and I'm confronted with a black screen of nothingness. I've tried to do so with my second desktop (Which has a IDE master HD) but I'm getting the exact same results. What's wrong? is it because of some kind of conflict?
So if anyone has any idea whats wrong with my HD when I try to connect it to my desktop (or heck, whats wrong with my HD in the first place to begin with) I would be very appreciative. I know that I can buy a SATA--> USB converter (like those mobile cases) but I'd like to explore alternate (free) alternatives first.
Thanks in advance
I'm on a flight, i've used my laptop (HP Pavilion DV5102tx) for a while and i put it into hibernate mode. I get off the flight, come back home, try to start up my laptop and it doesn't work. I get the "WINDOWS COULD NOT START BECAUSE THE FOLLOWING FILE IS MISSING OR CORRUPT: windows\system32\config\system" error.
So I pull out my XP CD. I find that:
1. I can't repair using the recovery console because apparently C drive doesn't seem to exist
2. I can't install or repair my XP install using the install program, because as soon as I try to do so, i get:
"An error occurred while setup was updating partition information on 95341 MB Disk 0 at Id 0 on bus 0 on atapi [MBR]. Setup cannot continue."
Now, I'm not the greatest computer expert but what I think happened is that my Hard Disk somehow got corrupted and I have to reformat it before installing XP again. However, I've got a great number of important files that I need to back up before doing so.
My laptop HD is a Fujitsu MHV2100BH model with a SATA Connector. So I try to connect it to my desktop as a slave device to my primary Hard Disk so I can get the files off it. It all works well in the beginning, the POST and BIOS screens register my second HD, and I get to the windows loading screen, but immediately past that the system halts and I'm confronted with a black screen of nothingness. I've tried to do so with my second desktop (Which has a IDE master HD) but I'm getting the exact same results. What's wrong? is it because of some kind of conflict?
So if anyone has any idea whats wrong with my HD when I try to connect it to my desktop (or heck, whats wrong with my HD in the first place to begin with) I would be very appreciative. I know that I can buy a SATA--> USB converter (like those mobile cases) but I'd like to explore alternate (free) alternatives first.
Thanks in advance