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main partition is corrupted, cant get into windows 7
Hi, ill preface this by saying i dont have alot of background information to give since i cant get into windows 7 anymore, so all of this will be mostly from my recollection.
Level of windows expertise: minimal when it comes to DOS/programming/BIOS etc, otherwise slightly over average
I kept getting the BSOD when i would force the CPU to do a graphics intense operation such as multiple tabs in a browser running flash content. Then over time even the smallest of operations would give me the BSOD such as loading a USB stick with files. From what i recall, the BSOD mentioned iastor.sys, which i believe is something to do with intel rapid storage technology, whatever that is.
Now when i boot windows it will endlessly run chkdsk in DOS, rebooting itself after each completion. If i skip the chkdsk it will go to the windows blue loading wallpaper then auto reboot. Im typing this from the linux distro that im using from a USB live boot, and i found out that the main harddrive partition that contains all my valuable files is unaccessible. Theres a couple screenshots below that i copied from my post on a linux forum.
Overall question: how do i fix this partition problem so that i can get back into windows 7?
I only have 1 low quality USB stick to work with, i can use a friends computer to put stuff on the USB stick. Zero money, as in absolutely no money. No screwdriver to open up the computer either.
Thank you for your responses