Solved Disk C: not opening the file or directory is corrupted and unreadable

tamer13 · Oct 4, 2011

My Local Disk (C) not opening >> win xp

the file or directory is corrupted and unreadable

http://oi56.tinypic.com/m7iw3.jpg

http://oi52.tinypic.com/103yhxd.jpg

http://oi52.tinypic.com/2q8c8z6.jpg

i am Write to you from another computer >> win 7
I want to open Disk (p) Without I lose what its important data PLZ :cry:

tamer13 · Oct 4, 2011

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Corazon · Oct 5, 2011

hi tamer13,
I'm not really understanding the problem...you say that you can't access drive C: but then post screenshots that show a drive P: - and it appears that the system partition is drive S: ... The partition layout is pretty unusual as normally there wouldn't be an extended/logical volume before a primary system partition. How did this happen? Can you provide more details please?

tamer13 · Oct 5, 2011

sorry Corazon , I want access to drive (C) . now change to (p) : ))

I want access to drive p ,to get my important files without missing or errors
how i can do that ?

the name of drive has Changed to p . And certainly wrong Because of me ,
and I now work on another computer by many hard drives . actually required as in the pictures

Thank you for your interest in helping me

Corazon · Oct 5, 2011

Wonder how this mess could have happened...how does a C: drive change to P:

I'm not sure what to suggest at this point, it looks like the filesystem is seriously damaged...before untertaking any recovery efforts you might make a complete clone of the P: partition as an image file just in case (a sector-by-sector copy). This would allow you to try all kinds of things to retrieve data from P: without having to worry about further data loss since you could just restore the image for another attempt if something goes wrong.
But without more information as to what in blazes happened here I'm unable to come up with better ideas

rraod · Oct 6, 2011

Looks like you have a dual boot system with Windows 7 installed first and XP installed on a logical drive on extended partition later.

From the third image you have posted, it looks like the P: has only RAW data which means the partition though healthy, the NTFS file system is not accesible.

Try using a file recovery program like RECUVA (freely downloadable) in Windows 7 and recover maximum no. of files from the RAW disk.

Later on you may format this partition and reuse it again. It is difficult to recover your Windows XP OS from P: and you may have to reinstall it again.

tamer13 · Oct 6, 2011

It is difficult to recover your Windows XP OS from P >> Really! : ((

What about the possibility to convert the file system from raw to ntfs or fat32 so I can open drive (p)
and When I do that, Can I see all folder as before

I don't like restore files , It back without Correct names
and Do not work sometimes

Corazon · Oct 6, 2011

There's no way of simply changing the raw data to a recognizable filesystem without knowing what happened in the first place. Software such as the above-mentioned Recuva is your best bet at this moment.

You may not like it but you don't have much of a choice. Sorry

I still urge you to make a backup of the raw partition first, just to be on the safe side.

tamer13 · Oct 6, 2011

Corazon I will describe to you what happened in detail
1 - I have a 160 MB hard disk is divided into two parts, the first 30 MB and it Windows XP is what the problem occurred and the second 120 MB
2 - I wanted to survey data from the second part . I could not because of the presence and Windows 7, one of the programs I have done, but there was a problem in xp boot in first part
3 -re install Windows 7 on Part II
4 - NTLDR is missing , My concern is to solve the problem and i am fail in this
5 - used some of way to solve the problem from dos , repair os
6 -EasyBCD program used to rewrite mbr

7 - NO WAY : (

Situation as you see ......

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IN The END I thank you for your interest to help me : )

Corazon · Oct 6, 2011

I'm beginning to have a feeling that whatever it was you did in step 5. changed the type of the first partition from primary to logical. If you had gone from step 4. to step 6. and simply added a new boot entry for XP, it would have been fine :-/
Can you provide more detail about what you did trying to fix things from a DOS prompt?

tamer13 · Oct 6, 2011

Booting directly from the Windows XP CD
by pressing R and Recovery Console screen
1-FIXMBR C:
2-FIXBOOT C:
3-COPY X:\I386\NTLDR C:\
4-COPY X:\I386\NTDETECT.COM C:\

'X' drive letter of my CD-ROM

: )

Corazon · Oct 6, 2011

This just doesn't make sense

SOMETHING must have happened to change C: into a logical partition P: ... but none of the steps you say you performed could have caused this.

I wish I could help further but at this point I'm clueless...Hopefully someone else has an idea.

karlsnooks · Oct 7, 2011

tamer,

You Can / You cannot successfully boot the hard disk under question?

I need, at this time, only the answer to that one question.

tamer13 · Oct 7, 2011

karlsnooks said:
tamer,

You Can / You cannot successfully boot the hard disk under question?

Hard contains two parts, I'm reinstall Windows 7 on part S after the problem occurs in P

Yes Can successfully boot To Win7 in S .

,the problem in P to now and certainly fails to boot XP in p ,
i cannot access to drive P its (RAW) .

karlsnooks · Oct 7, 2011

That is probably caused by P having an "ID code" not recognized by Win 7.

How that occurred I do not know.

What I do know is that sometimes TestDisk can enable you to be able to access the disk.

After that, then if you want a dual-boot system, then let us know.

Personally, I am very strongly opposed to dual-booting due to the numerous problems which users encounter.

I am also a strong advocate of ditching the eXPired operating system.

TestDisk - CGSecurity

tamer13 · Oct 7, 2011

That's it. Unfortunately,
After using the program TestDisk : ((

I'm definitely a bad user. Please help.....

I want to restore the files properly and their proper names plzzzzzzz .

karlsnooks · Oct 8, 2011

Please follow this procedure. Be sure to drag the field separators so that all fields are visible. Be sure to include the drive maps in the bottom half of the disk managment display.

HOW TO POST A SNAPSHOT OF DISK MANAGEMENT DISPLAY
Run disk management:
WIN | type DISKMGMT.MSC | ENTER
WIN is the key with the wavy flag.

Maximize the output of Disk Management:
ALT-Spacebar key combo (this pops up a menu) followed by X key (selects Maximize) |
Drag the field separators (such as between Status and Capacity) to show entire field. This is very important, otherwise, needed info is not visible.

Make a snapshot:
WIN | type SNIPPING | ENTER | New
Drag the cursor around the area you want to snip.
File | Save as | select save location and name | Save

Post the snapshot:
Upload a File or Screenshot in Seven Forums

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