disk read error

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YT

Hello,

I have a Dell Latitude notebook. Everything hunky dory until a few days ago: when i try to boot up i get a

Disk Read Error
Press Ctrl + Alt + Del to reboot

Of course, when i do that i get the same error.

So i boot with my Win XP CD and i get to the repair console. Using some investigating i learn that Fixboot & fixmbr are the way to go, but i don't want to lose my data!

Is there any way i can be sure to recover my OS & data via the Repair console commands? The drive doesn't really sound funny, and i ran CHKDSK /R which allowed me to get to the WinXp startup screen (with the white bar along the bottom) but it never completed loading...

Any help would be greatly appreciated...

yt
 
fixboot & fixmbr will not lose yr data.
A hd doesnt have to make 'funny sounds' to have failed

Hello,

I have a Dell Latitude notebook. Everything hunky dory until a few days ago:
when i try to boot up i get a

Disk Read Error
Press Ctrl + Alt + Del to reboot

Of course, when i do that i get the same error.

So i boot with my Win XP CD and i get to the repair console. Using some
investigating i learn that Fixboot & fixmbr are the way to go, but i don't
want to lose my data!

Is there any way i can be sure to recover my OS & data via the Repair
console commands? The drive doesn't really sound funny, and i ran CHKDSK /R
which allowed me to get to the WinXp startup screen (with the white bar
along the bottom) but it never completed loading...

Any help would be greatly appreciated...

yt
 
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