Hd problems

[d12o420]

my computer froze up, most likely because there was soo much on my hard drive. but when i rebooted it said unmountable boot volume. so i looked through the internet and i found that i should use the repair disks. so i did, i tried chkdsk /r, all it keeps saying is that the disk as 1 or more errors. so then when i rebooted again, it said ntldr not found. so i went out and bought a new 250gb hd. reinstalled windows and everything is running fine. but my question is, can i recover the files from my old drive? should i install the old corrupt hd and try to recover my files? if so how should i recover the files? should i connect the old one as a primary slave then try to access the files, then format it

 

[Rik]

I doubt it was caused by too much on there, you could try using the command fixmbr in recovery console. It may work, but there are no guarantees that it will.

 

[Tedster]

1. Get yourself a copy of Norton systemworks 2003. Don't install the anti-virus, just the registry repair programs.

2. Get yourself a copy of diskeeper for defragging automation.

3. Get a second hard disk to back your system up to.

4. You can get a USB to IDE adapter or plug your old hard disk as a slave to retrieve data from (provided it is readable). Once retrieved, format it and use it as a backup drive.

 

[d12o420]

i installed the old drive as slave. when i open it i see nothing. but when i go to disk management it says the drives capacity is 37gb. but if i go to my computer it says its only 10mb. i ran GetDataBack Data Recovery 3.02, but it was only a demo. but it did find almost all of the files i wanted back. i downloaded norton ghost last night, so i will try that when i get home later today

 

[d12o420]

any idea where to get norton 2003?

 

[korrupt]

You may as well try plugging it in as a slave drive,

It shouldnt hurt your pc. Also try to download a restoration program to recover.

Regards,

Korrupt

 

[N3051M]

any idea where to get norton 2003?

Ebay? or maybe get lucky with some pc shops..