Stuart
20-12-02, 05:50 PM
after using the reset button when win xp pro hung the other day it wont boot, only throws up an error saying to use the repair console.
i ran the xp recovery console and did the "fixboot" and "fixmbr"
but they have done bugger all.
the hdd is 40Gb partioned into two twenty Gb's.
they are both formatted in ntfs mode.
when i get to the "recovery" version of dos it cant see the windows directory or anything else for that matter, leading me to belive the boot sector/record and file allocation table is missing/corrupt.
is there any way of recovering this? i know i should have backed up my data but a)no CD burner and b)way too much to do it on a regular basis.
cheers
ps win xp pro is stupid lol
i ran the xp recovery console and did the "fixboot" and "fixmbr"
but they have done bugger all.
the hdd is 40Gb partioned into two twenty Gb's.
they are both formatted in ntfs mode.
when i get to the "recovery" version of dos it cant see the windows directory or anything else for that matter, leading me to belive the boot sector/record and file allocation table is missing/corrupt.
is there any way of recovering this? i know i should have backed up my data but a)no CD burner and b)way too much to do it on a regular basis.
cheers
ps win xp pro is stupid lol