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URGENT: Serious HDD Problems
I need URGENT help here.
I have been attempting to dual-boot Windows XP and Windows 7 on a mid-2004 HP Compaq laptop.
I booted into the Windows 7 setup, and used diskpart to shrink my XP partition. The commands I used were these:
- list disk
- select disk 1
- list volume
- select volume 1
- list partition
- select partition 1
- shrink desired=25000
After the shrink desired=25000 command, it went straight back to the prompt. I thought that was a little strange, but I continued with setup. When I was prompted to select a drive to install to, there were none. I launched diskpart again and typed list disk. It said there were no disks to display. I rebooted the computer, and it booted into XP as usual. I was taken to the login screen, and I entered my password. I pressed enter, and got a BSOD.
There was no error string, which would usually be something like PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA or IRQL_LESS_OR_NOT_EQUAL. The system rebooted. I shut it down by pressing the power button while the BIOS screen was up. I started up the computer, and the BIOS beeped 3 times and printed out the message of my nightmare:
Fixed Disk Parameter Table or BIOS Error
System Halted
My only choice now was to press the power button to power off the machine, and it did.
This is really bad. I need urgent help.
BSOD HELPERS - PLEASE READ:
Don't tell me to run some tool to get the BSOD crash dump. The HDD is not being recognized, and there is no way of accessing the data now.
Immediate help would be appreciated right now. This thread is high priority!
Please help, please help, please help!
-techhead287
Yes, I know the screen of the computer is messed up.