my desktop is full of fail

[1cleantj]

so get home tonight from the rally and go to upload my pics on the desktop pc and bam, some random hard drive failue that wont let me go past the boot screen. worst part is my finished 6 page english paper due tuesday was on it, and i had only backed up half of it on my usb drive . now im stuck on the laptop with 3 missing key's until i go pick up a new hard drive and figure out a way to reinstall windows with no cd

[Quartney]

i like you. you have my luck with computers

[XJcrazy00]

I've got windows XP pro with a Serial that will pass any valadation microsoft will throw at you if you ever need it. I'm in willimantic, So I'm probably to far for something that easy to get but If you wanna take me up on it, bring the tower and HD and we can install.

[Mike]

he lives in plainfield about 20 mins from willarico

[1cleantj]

i may need it, im pretty sure ill need to reinstall windows when i put a new hard drive in

[XJcrazy00]

Just post here or shoot me a PM and we can set something up.

[1cleantj]

thanks, im ordering the hard drive tonight if staples dont have any in stock, never knew they were so cheap.

[grundlepunch]

boot in safe mode or from a windows xp cd, hit r for repair and run a "chkdsk /f /r /x"

[XJcrazy00]

thanks, im ordering the hard drive tonight if staples dont have any in stock, never knew they were so cheap.

Tigerdirect.com

newegg.com

Staples/Best buy and you'll pay WAY to much. I haven't looked at a new hard drive in a while, but in the past you can't go wrong if you order from these sites.

[grundlepunch]

he might not even need a new HD

[1cleantj]

no i def due, wont even get past boot, plus its been warning me about hard drive may fail for awhile now , the hard drive that came with my pc i guess its pretty common that they fail. it doesnt surprise me though, I've had it for 4 years now, keep it on all the time and have reformatted it a few times

i'd try the window xp cd , although im running vista. anyways dont matter ordered up a new one today from newegg for $48

[XJcrazy00]

It wouldn't hurt to try Dana's suggestion though, I kinda skipped over a few key sentences in the post. It's not difficult to run a chkdsk and it could save you having to buy a new hard drive, and even all your work. I put my XP disk in my other desktop the other day to reinstall because after the boot screen the computer stopped processing and I had a black screen. Right before I hit accepted a format, I said what the fuck, why not and tried a repair. The computer runs great and I still have all my content.

I didn't have any hard drive errors on it ever, but its still worth the try.

[1cleantj]

boot in safe mode or from a windows xp cd, hit r for repair and run a "chkdsk /f /r /x"

tried it from the only option i have and i get "cannot run disk checking on this volume because it is write protected.

[grundlepunch]

tried it from the only option i have and i get "cannot run disk checking on this volume because it is write protected.

you have to do it from the cd then, or just try it without any modifiers (just chkdsk)

[1cleantj]

tried it without them and wouldnt do much, basically said it couldnt do it. I tried the repair thingy again and it actually made it all the way through and tried to repair, but it couldnt because half the files it was looking for wernt accessible (obviously). I ordered up a hard drive from new egg and guess ill just install windows xp for OS, otherwise id have to get a vista cd from somewhere to try it from a cd