Disk Read Error?
i booted up my comp the other day and was encountered with this: "a disk read error occurred." it prevents me from being able to load windows.
i didnt think much of it and i quickly booted the computer up with a windows 2000 cd. i went to the recovery console and typed in chkdsk /r. when i did this, i expected a clean scan, but got this error: "The volume appears o contain one or more unrecoverable problems."
anyone have any ideas as to how i can fix this, aside from reformating?
i didnt think much of it and i quickly booted the computer up with a windows 2000 cd. i went to the recovery console and typed in chkdsk /r. when i did this, i expected a clean scan, but got this error: "The volume appears o contain one or more unrecoverable problems."
anyone have any ideas as to how i can fix this, aside from reformating?
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i didnt think much of it and i quickly booted the computer up with a windows 2000 cd. i went to the recovery console and typed in chkdsk /r. when i did this, i expected a clean scan, but got this error: "The volume appears o contain one or more unrecoverable problems."
anyone have any ideas as to how i can fix this, aside from reformating? <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Given the "unrecoverable" part, i'd probably say no. *shrugs*
If this takes a while to do, then you can try "fixmbr C:", assuming your installation is on a drive assigned "C". Despite the warning, fixing the Master Boot Record, doesn't actually render the Windows installation useless, *UNLESS* you have faulty/failing RAM. And even then, it is possible to rebuild the MBR using the same command, after changing out the faulty part.
After running FIXMBR, you will need to set the new MBR into place, using "chkdsk /f /p", which runs the normal CHKDSK program, but forcing it to check the partition fully, even if it is not marked as bad. At this point, if it still generates the "The Volume appears to contain one or more unrecoverable errors" message, then restart the PC, and try rebuilding the MBR again.
Once CHKDSK finishes, then you will need to run "bootcfg /scan" to redetect the installed Windows installation. (If you dont, then there is a chance that Windows might not boot afterwards, nothing major, just run the "bootcfg /scan" command when booting back into the recovery console.)
After all that has finished, remove the Windows 2000 CD from the drive, type "exit" (the proper way to finish a recovery console session), and wait for Windows to boot up.
The above method, while not foolproof, does fix around 95% of all Windows 2000, and Windows XP booting problems. If it doesn't fix your one, then I suggest you get your stuff backed up (onto another PC, remove hard drive, install into another PC, copy data, put drive back in original PC), wipe and reinstall Windows 2000.
*phew*
Anyone care to guess what I do for a living?
edit: im reformatting a 30 gig partition at the moment and the format progress has been at 0% for like 10 minutes. does it really take this long?
BTW, BartPE < Knoppix <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
edit: im reformatting a 30 gig partition at the moment and the format progress has been at 0% for like 10 minutes. does it really take this long? <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
If it's a quick format? It should pretty much be done within 10-15 minutes.
if it functions as linux do in regular, then it can mount ntfs partitions as read-only. (if you mount it as writeable bad things can happen).
Last I had heard (last summer) the project to refverse engineer NTFS for Linux was pretty much dead...
One word.
Yes.
The Windows 2000 setup doesn't do quick formats for the reason that 2000 is designed for workstations, and for some servers.
Quick formats just don't cut it for partition stability.