cheaterguy
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Good evening.
First of all, I am Cheaterguy, a newcomer here at TechSpot. I'm decently skilled with computers but I have recently received a quite serious error which I cannot solve without placing my entire system at risk. Hence, I created this account and I'm hoping for help. I will be very thankful for any clues or hints.
Now with that over...
Earlier today I was doing a non-destructive partitioning with Partion Magic because I wanted to dual-boot Linux to try it out. PM reboots my computer and resizes my C drive (the first of four steps). However, after this, it gives me an error message (which I unfortunately cannot recall) and tells me I have to reboot. Now, It reboots as usual up to the point where the Windows (Windows XP Professional SP2) boot screen comes up. It runs for a few seconds, then freezes, a BSoD flickers on and off for a split second and my computer reboots. So I'm trapped in a reboot loop, so to speak.
After a bit of internet browsing (on other computers, as well as the bootable Linux CD) I found some info to possibly find the source of the issue. After following one lead I was able to read the BSoD and it identified the error as:
*** STOP: 0x00000024 (0x00190203, 0x86df32b8, 0xc0000102, 0x00000000)
Further browsing revealed this as a NTSF file system error.
Also, while using the trial version of the Linux OS, bootable from the CD, it told me that my hard drive was completely inaccessible. "Could not be mounted" to be specific. It can however tell me the size of the drive, as can BIOS and the various windows utilities that can be booted from the installation disk.
Now I wonder what to do. I would, by all means necessary, prevent having to reformat the drive, since I have irreplaceable data on it.
I have also heard that Chkdsk is really bad for the computer, so I have not attempted that yet. All I have done is rebuilt the partition table and the MBS to no avail.
So before taking any further action I deemed it best to consult someone who actually knows.
I appreciate any response, so thanks, beforehand.
//C
First of all, I am Cheaterguy, a newcomer here at TechSpot. I'm decently skilled with computers but I have recently received a quite serious error which I cannot solve without placing my entire system at risk. Hence, I created this account and I'm hoping for help. I will be very thankful for any clues or hints.
Now with that over...
Earlier today I was doing a non-destructive partitioning with Partion Magic because I wanted to dual-boot Linux to try it out. PM reboots my computer and resizes my C drive (the first of four steps). However, after this, it gives me an error message (which I unfortunately cannot recall) and tells me I have to reboot. Now, It reboots as usual up to the point where the Windows (Windows XP Professional SP2) boot screen comes up. It runs for a few seconds, then freezes, a BSoD flickers on and off for a split second and my computer reboots. So I'm trapped in a reboot loop, so to speak.
After a bit of internet browsing (on other computers, as well as the bootable Linux CD) I found some info to possibly find the source of the issue. After following one lead I was able to read the BSoD and it identified the error as:
*** STOP: 0x00000024 (0x00190203, 0x86df32b8, 0xc0000102, 0x00000000)
Further browsing revealed this as a NTSF file system error.
Also, while using the trial version of the Linux OS, bootable from the CD, it told me that my hard drive was completely inaccessible. "Could not be mounted" to be specific. It can however tell me the size of the drive, as can BIOS and the various windows utilities that can be booted from the installation disk.
Now I wonder what to do. I would, by all means necessary, prevent having to reformat the drive, since I have irreplaceable data on it.
I have also heard that Chkdsk is really bad for the computer, so I have not attempted that yet. All I have done is rebuilt the partition table and the MBS to no avail.
So before taking any further action I deemed it best to consult someone who actually knows.
I appreciate any response, so thanks, beforehand.
//C