Hard Drive error

[3rrr]

Hello i seek advice regarding my 80 gb Hdd
i stuffed it up the other day whilst putting inmy sisters pc and it made it unbootable i tried some stuff with windows recovery console and now it says it doesnt recognise the file format one program said it was lba dos file structure or something and another says its raw
so i purchased a data recovery program so i could salvage some files and i see all the folders that are on their !! i saved some of the files and windows couldnt open them i really need some help or advice on this i have tried to repair windows but windows doesnt recognise the file structure
if anyone can help me i would be ever so gracious
justinbardy205@hotmail.com
thankyou for your time

 

[rvnguy]

If you have copied some files to another win machine this might assist in gaining access to them:

How to take ownership of a file or folder in Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308421

You did not specify what you think you did to get to this point nor specifically what your tries in recovery console.

It could be that the MBR is corrupt, or that chkdsk run from the console with the /r option might help??

Post back with what you have done and what you have tried with the resulting messages

rvnguy
"I know everything..I just can't remember it all

 

[3rrr]

thanks for replying
i tried chkdsk /r its say it has one or more problems and couldnt do it
the data recovery program i used found files but the files are useless the jpegs dont work most text files is all like code and mumbo jumbo
its seems i may be losing the lot and the a format is looking a possibility
i am more than willing to let someone remote to me to see for them selves
Justin

 

[rvnguy]

From the console did you attempt, with this as the boot drive, did you also try the fix mbr and other repair routines?

These might provide guidance

REPAIR CONSOLE:

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/...Windows/XP/all/reskit/en-us/prmc_str_bjid.asp

HOW TO: Install and Use the Recovery Console for Windows XP (Q307654)

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q307/6/54.asp

rvnguy
"I know everything..I just can't remember it all