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Originally Posted by theblueraja
What happens when you use the /F option, can you provide the results? If you run it again, is the same error still showing.
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when i do it in safe mode it states that it cannot be done because the volume is being used, so it then says would you like to schedule it upon next boot, which i did and it all checked ok.......
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Originally Posted by theblueraja
Also, there is another command that you can use if all else fails, its called FIXMBR and you would run it from the dos promt in the repair option. This will rebuild your master boot record, but if it cant be rebuilt you hard drive is fooked from a software point of view and will need a reformat.
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it told me my current boot record is 'invalid or unrecognizable' and if i continued my current partition may be unreadable.
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Originally Posted by theblueraja
You say that the BIOS is having problems with seeing your hard disk though, this could be the cable but is more likely to be the disk and it makes it much more likely that this is a hardware and not a software problem. You just got to swap it out and see if the problem goes away.
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problem solved via CMOS clearence.
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Originally Posted by theblueraja
If it does you know your hard disk is a gonner, and if its under a year old you could send it back to the manufacturer to get them to attempt a data recovery on it.
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its out of warranty
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Originally Posted by Defiant
Or when you get to the part that asks's if you wont a fresh installion or fix you choose fix and it repair's everything for you from there. Again this is the second option
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thats the one i went to.......