NecessarySkills
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I've been trying to get my computer back so that I can at least get some stuff on it I don't want lost for the past three days. I was updating an nvidia graphics driver and it froze. So I restarted my computer and things went down-hill from there.
Nothing I know to do (which is more than the average person) works. So most of (and perhaps all of) the quick fixes you all may suggest most likely have already been attempted at least once.
What I am experiencing now is a black screen with a gray bar on the top and bottom. The top is titled: Windows Boot Manager. This is written in the gray bar. The rest of the screen reads:
Windows failed to start. A recent hardware or software change might be the cause. To fix the problem:
1. Insert your windows installation disc and restart you computer.
2. Choose your language setting and then click "Next."
3. Click "Repair your computer."
If you do not have this disc, contact your system administrator or computer manufacture for assistance.
Status: 0xc000000f
Info: The boot selection failed because a required device is inaccessible.
I am hoping someone can help me get make it so I can at least get some files off. System restore or anything like that is out of the picture because I was planning on getting an external hard drive for backing up, and haven't been able to yet. Ironically, payday is this Friday.
Anyway, I've even tried using ubuntu and also putting the HDD in another computer. Both ways it says that I can't get to it. When trying through the other computer, which has Windows xp, it says it's corrupt and cannot be used and what not.
How the heck can I repair the OS install (or whatever is corrupt) enough so I can get some stuff off before I do another clean install? Is it possible?! Please help!!
-Wesley M.
P.S.
My friend helped me try to do an error-checking on through the xp computer. Did nothing. Would it work on a Win7 computer?
Nothing I know to do (which is more than the average person) works. So most of (and perhaps all of) the quick fixes you all may suggest most likely have already been attempted at least once.
What I am experiencing now is a black screen with a gray bar on the top and bottom. The top is titled: Windows Boot Manager. This is written in the gray bar. The rest of the screen reads:
Windows failed to start. A recent hardware or software change might be the cause. To fix the problem:
1. Insert your windows installation disc and restart you computer.
2. Choose your language setting and then click "Next."
3. Click "Repair your computer."
If you do not have this disc, contact your system administrator or computer manufacture for assistance.
Status: 0xc000000f
Info: The boot selection failed because a required device is inaccessible.
I am hoping someone can help me get make it so I can at least get some files off. System restore or anything like that is out of the picture because I was planning on getting an external hard drive for backing up, and haven't been able to yet. Ironically, payday is this Friday.
Anyway, I've even tried using ubuntu and also putting the HDD in another computer. Both ways it says that I can't get to it. When trying through the other computer, which has Windows xp, it says it's corrupt and cannot be used and what not.
How the heck can I repair the OS install (or whatever is corrupt) enough so I can get some stuff off before I do another clean install? Is it possible?! Please help!!
-Wesley M.
P.S.
My friend helped me try to do an error-checking on through the xp computer. Did nothing. Would it work on a Win7 computer?
My Computer
- OS
- Windows Home Premium 64bit
- CPU
- INtel Core 2 Duo 3.00 GHz
- Motherboard
- XFX nvida nForce 750i SLI
- Memory
- 8GB of DDR2
- Graphics Card(s)
- Two nvida GeForce 9600 GSO's SLI'd
- Hard Drives
- 500GB
) with the drive letter/partition C: and it will /F fix any errors it finds.
