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My computer crashed and I cant load windows…can someone help with a good Live OS (CD) and some options?
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It sounds as if the hard drive went. Chkdsk can’t find space because most of it is in bad cluster, so your 640GB hard drive is now a 100GB hard drive. Try running the old drive instead of the CD drive. If you can boot into Windows, and read the drive, you can copy the files over. If you can’t read the drive, consider it shot, unless you have a computer you can put it in that can run Linux. Then you could run ddrescue on every file you can find and hope for the best.
BTW, if you mount the drive read only, you can’t lose anything by writing to the drive. (If the oxide is peeling, you can lose files just because the drive is running.) Is this a Western Digital drive? (The drives WD has been putting out for the past few years have a tendency to fail young.)
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Unfortunately the symptoms you describe suggest you’ve had a serious file-system problem. Probably because of an error on your hard disk. Chkdsk has attempted to fix the error but has, in fact, made things worse.
Your best bet is to pull the drive out and take it to a place that specialises in recovering data from damaged disks. Expect to pay a lot for this service, but I guess your baby pics are priceless?
I wouldn’t continue trying to recover Windows, you risk destroying your data forever.
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Every file present in your registry contains a command or direction for every program and application on your computer. Registry files are the files that give your computer the instructions for what to do next. If these registry files get corrupt or misplaced, your computer fails to understand what to do. In these instances, your computer loses control, eventually leading to a crash.At this stage the priority is to fix these registry files. In such situations it is suggested that you do not try to fix the registry yourself. Immediately find registry cleaner software and scan your computer to locate any errors. This software will identify all the missing entries or errors, restoring them right away. In many cases, your computer will be back to normal. It is recommended that you run this software once a month for best results. I should like to commend Registry Easy http://computer-e-book-money.com
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