Cannot boot up Hard Disk

zy · 8th Nov 2005, 11:37 PM

hey guyz.. i've a big big problem ..

i cant use my Maxtor hard disk at all ..

when i boot up .. i get ntfs.sys BSOD ..

then when i use the XP cd .. i still get ntfs.sys BSOD ..

i had to disconnect the hard disk ..

i'm using my older hard disk now .. i wanna recover the other hard disk ..

even when i plug the hard disk as slave or on other channel .. my xp will crash ..

basically i dont know how to boot to that hard disk at all

Adrian Wong · 9th Nov 2005, 12:18 AM

Hmm.. Sounds like you have a dying hard disk...

You can't even boot with it on another IDE channel or controller?

zy · 9th Nov 2005, 01:02 AM

.. ntfs.sys curropted..

i had to use ntfs4dos .. copied a fresh ntfs.sys from a freshly formated windows xp .. & used ntfs4dos to copy it to the existing hard disk

not everything is solved

peaz · 9th Nov 2005, 09:23 AM

Check RAM. it's possible that the corruption is happening when the system is being loaded into memory/causing corrupted writes to the HD

Also, maybe it's the mobo too. I had problems with bad mobos writing random corruptions to my hard disk a long time ago.

TEB · 9th Nov 2005, 09:44 AM

Well if your able to use an older disk, it cant be the motherboard or the ram. I would go with the hard disk is just dying. Have you gone to maxtors site and downloaded theyre lifeboat tool or w/e I think its suppose to predict when your harddrive is dead.

And this just happened out of the blue?

zy · 9th Nov 2005, 10:59 AM

it must have been one of the faulty RAMs i was testing earlier

TEB · 9th Nov 2005, 12:32 PM

is it fixed now?

8th Nov 2005, 11:37 PM	#1 (permalink)
zy zynine.com Join Date: 16 Dec 2002 Location: Buffalo NY Posts: 13,496 Reputation: 2276 Rep Power: 43	Cannot boot up Hard Disk hey guyz.. i've a big big problem .. i cant use my Maxtor hard disk at all .. when i boot up .. i get ntfs.sys BSOD .. then when i use the XP cd .. i still get ntfs.sys BSOD .. i had to disconnect the hard disk .. i'm using my older hard disk now .. i wanna recover the other hard disk .. even when i plug the hard disk as slave or on other channel .. my xp will crash .. basically i dont know how to boot to that hard disk at all __________________

9th Nov 2005, 12:18 AM	#2 (permalink)
Adrian Wong Da Boss Join Date: 10 Oct 2002 Location: In front of my ASUS F8V notebook! Posts: 33,150 Reputation: 3730 Rep Power: 78	Hmm.. Sounds like you have a dying hard disk... You can't even boot with it on another IDE channel or controller? __________________ Dr. Adrian Wong Tech ARP \| Blog @ Tech ARP \| The Free Trade Zone DYKT : The only offshore account I have is at the sand bank? We need PROGRAMMERS and TECHNICAL WRITERS! Contact us if you are a hot shot programmer or technical writer! My items for sale : 50x SD Card \| Memory Stick PRO \| Cyclone Energy Saver \| Seiko SS watch \| Tiger/Carlsberg beer jugs \| Travel Speakers \| Motorola V600 \| Nokia N90 SOLD! \| New Lowepro Mini Trekker AW Other items for sale @ the FTZ : Zalman CNPS9500 LED @ $20 \| Zalman CNPS7700 Cu @ $20 \| Zalman CNPS7000 Cu @ $20 \| Swarovski bracelet watches \| Dell 17" LCD \| Hi-Fi speakers \| English DIVX movies \| HP LaserJet toners! \| Office chairs

9th Nov 2005, 01:02 AM	#3 (permalink)
zy zynine.com Join Date: 16 Dec 2002 Location: Buffalo NY Posts: 13,496 Reputation: 2276 Rep Power: 43	.. ntfs.sys curropted.. i had to use ntfs4dos .. copied a fresh ntfs.sys from a freshly formated windows xp .. & used ntfs4dos to copy it to the existing hard disk not everything is solved __________________

9th Nov 2005, 09:23 AM	#4 (permalink)
peaz ARP Webmaster Join Date: 13 Oct 2002 Location: http://atpeaz.com/ Posts: 8,595 Reputation: 1673 Rep Power: 32	Check RAM. it's possible that the corruption is happening when the system is being loaded into memory/causing corrupted writes to the HD Also, maybe it's the mobo too. I had problems with bad mobos writing random corruptions to my hard disk a long time ago. __________________ Ken Ng Tech ARP Follow me at Twitter Blogs @ http://www.atpeaz.com/

9th Nov 2005, 10:59 AM	#6 (permalink)
zy zynine.com Join Date: 16 Dec 2002 Location: Buffalo NY Posts: 13,496 Reputation: 2276 Rep Power: 43	it must have been one of the faulty RAMs i was testing earlier __________________

9th Nov 2005, 09:44 AM	#5 (permalink)
TEB Warming up Join Date: 4 Aug 2005 Location: El Dorado Hills CA, USA Posts: 82 Reputation: 87 Rep Power: 0	Well if your able to use an older disk, it cant be the motherboard or the ram. I would go with the hard disk is just dying. Have you gone to maxtors site and downloaded theyre lifeboat tool or w/e I think its suppose to predict when your harddrive is dead. And this just happened out of the blue?

9th Nov 2005, 12:32 PM	#7 (permalink)
TEB Warming up Join Date: 4 Aug 2005 Location: El Dorado Hills CA, USA Posts: 82 Reputation: 87 Rep Power: 0	is it fixed now?

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