Hi people, I have been using my disk for quite a long time but the other day I heard the drive making some noise and had to restart the system again. But when I did that the disk would not boot and I fear that the data might be deleted or lost. So, if you people have any know about the ways to get this done right or if you can at least suggest me the ways to handle this …it will be a great help.
welcome to hardwareforums justinfisher :beer: How long has the drive been doing this? do you have to restart your computer often (and can you restart it properly or do you have to turn it off at the wall). For now, i wouldn't try to use that computer if i was you!
This seems to be a genuine problem. It must be probably due to the “noise” you have stated….there may be some bad sectors in the boot sector or may be the OS has been corrupted. These are all just views but you can’t be sure…..you must try to recover data disk and make it as simple as possible to avoid complications. There are many ways to get that done and I hope that you get your data back from suitable ways.
You did not specify which version of Windows you are running. Assuming it's Windows XP and you have an retail CD, just boot from the Windows CD. Choose the Repair option to get into the recovery console. In the Recovery Console, run "chkdsk /f".
