My boss asked me to take a look at his laptop and see if I could fix it for him.
When he tried to turn it on he got a black screen stating that NTLDR is missing so I tried using the Emergency Recovery Utility but there were no restore points or backups on the drive, next I tried to install the recovery console but it told me "Setup did not find any hard disk drives installed in your computer" so after that I booted up a live cd with Ubuntu 8.10 to see if it saw that drive which it did but when I tried to access the drive it told me "Unable to mount volume"
This is a HP running XP Pro or at least it was
Hardware Profile From Ubuntu
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo lshw
ubuntu
description: Notebook
product: HP Compaq nc6320 (PZ898UA#ABA)
vendor: Hewlett-Packard
version: F.0D
serial: CNU6360HYY
width: 32 bits
capabilities: smbios-2.4 dmi-2.4
configuration: boot=normal chassis=notebook uuid=CD06BC65-5555-DC11-1198-6D990C3F7929
*-core
description: Motherboard
product: 30AA
vendor: Hewlett-Packard
physical id: 0
version: KBC Version 58.12
*-firmware
description: BIOS
vendor: Hewlett-Packard
physical id: 0
version: 68YDU Ver. F.0D (04/17/2007)
size: 128KiB
capacity: 960KiB
capabilities: pci pcmcia pnp upgrade shadowing cdboot bootselect edd int13floppy720 int5printscreen int9keyboard int14serial int17printer acpi usb ls120boot smartbattery biosbootspecification netboot
*-cpu
description: CPU
product: Genuine Intel® CPU T2400 @ 1.83GHz
vendor: Intel Corp.
physical id: 4
bus info: cpu@0
version: 6.14.8
serial: 0000-06E8-0000-0000-0000-0000
slot: U10
size: 1833MHz
capacity: 1833MHz
width: 32 bits
clock: 166MHz
capabilities: fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx constant_tsc arch_perfmon bts pni monitor vmx est tm2 xtpr cpufreq
configuration: id=0
*-cache:0
description: L1 cache
physical id: 5
slot: Internal L1 Cache
size: 64KiB
capacity: 64KiB
capabilities: burst internal write-back unified
*-cache:1
description: L2 cache
physical id: 6
slot: Internal L2 Cache
size: 2MiB
capacity: 2MiB
capabilities: burst external write-back unified
*-logicalcpu:0
description: Logical CPU
physical id: 0.1
width: 32 bits
capabilities: logical
*-logicalcpu:1
description: Logical CPU
physical id: 0.2
width: 32 bits
capabilities: logical
*-memory
description: System Memory
physical id: a
slot: System board or motherboard
size: 512MiB
*-bank:0
description: SODIMM Synchronous 533 MHz (1.9 ns)
product: NT512T64UH8A0FN-37
vendor: 7F7F7F0B00000000
physical id: 0
serial: 4F3E3115
slot: DIMM #1
size: 512MiB
width: 64 bits
clock: 533MHz (1.9ns)
*-bank:1
description: SODIMM Synchronous [empty]
physical id: 1
slot: DIMM #2
*-pci
description: Host bridge
product: Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and 945GT Express Memory Controller Hub
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 100
bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0
version: 03
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
configuration: driver=agpgart-intel module=intel_agp
*-display:0 UNCLAIMED
description: VGA compatible controller
product: Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 2
bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
version: 03
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: msi pm bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=0
*-display:1 UNCLAIMED
description: Display controller
product: Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 2.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:02.1
version: 03
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=0
*-multimedia
description: Audio device
product: 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1b
bus info: pci@0000:00:1b.0
version: 01
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=HDA Intel latency=0 module=snd_hda_intel
*-pci:0
description: PCI bridge
product: 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 1
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1c
bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.0
version: 01
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport-driver
*-network
description: Wireless interface
product: PRO/Wireless 3945ABG [Golan] Network Connection
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:08:00.0
logical name: wmaster0
version: 02
serial: 00:18:de:05:b2:a4
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list logical ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=iwl3945 ip=192.168.2.5 latency=0 module=iwl3945 multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11abg
*-pci:1
description: PCI bridge
product: 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 3
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1c.2
bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.2
version: 01
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport-driver
*-pci:2
description: PCI bridge
product: 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 4
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1c.3
bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.3
version: 01
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport-driver
*-usb:0
description: USB Controller
product: 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1d
bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.0
version: 01
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master
configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0 module=uhci_hcd
*-usb:1
description: USB Controller
product: 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1d.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.1
version: 01
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master
configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0 module=uhci_hcd
*-usb:2
description: USB Controller
product: 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1d.2
bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.2
version: 01
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master
configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0 module=uhci_hcd
*-usb:3
description: USB Controller
product: 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1d.3
bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.3
version: 01
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master
configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0 module=uhci_hcd
*-usb:4
description: USB Controller
product: 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1d.7
bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.7
version: 01
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm debug bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ehci_hcd latency=0 module=ehci_hcd
*-pci:3
description: PCI bridge
product: 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1e
bus info: pci@0000:00:1e.0
version: e1
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci bus_master cap_list
*-pcmcia
description: CardBus bridge
product: PCIxx12 Cardbus Controller
vendor: Texas Instruments
physical id: 6
bus info: pci@0000:02:06.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pcmcia bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=yenta_cardbus latency=176 maxlatency=5 mingnt=192 module=yenta_socket
*-firewire
description: FireWire (IEEE 1394)
product: PCIxx12 OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller
vendor: Texas Instruments
physical id: 6.1
bus info: pci@0000:02:06.1
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ohci1394 latency=64 maxlatency=4 mingnt=2 module=ohci1394
*-storage
description: Mass storage controller
product: 5-in-1 Multimedia Card Reader (SD/MMC/MS/MS PRO/xD)
vendor: Texas Instruments
physical id: 6.2
bus info: pci@0000:02:06.2
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: storage pm bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=tifm_7xx1 latency=64 maxlatency=4 mingnt=7 module=tifm_7xx1
*-system
description: SD Host controller
product: PCIxx12 SDA Standard Compliant SD Host Controller
vendor: Texas Instruments
physical id: 6.3
bus info: pci@0000:02:06.3
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=sdhci-pci latency=64 maxlatency=4 mingnt=7 module=sdhci_pci
*-communication UNCLAIMED
description: Communication controller
product: PCIxx12 GemCore based SmartCard controller
vendor: Texas Instruments
physical id: 6.4
bus info: pci@0000:02:06.4
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm cap_list
configuration: latency=0
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: NetXtreme BCM5788 Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: Broadcom Corporation
physical id: e
bus info: pci@0000:02:0e.0
logical name: eth0
version: 03
serial: 00:17:08:3a:3e:d9
capacity: 1GB/s
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: pm vpd msi bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=tg3 driverversion=3.94 firmware=5788-v3.26 latency=64 link=no mingnt=64 module=tg3 multicast=yes port=twisted pair
*-isa
description: ISA bridge
product: 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.0
version: 01
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: isa bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=0
*-ide
description: IDE interface
product: 82801G (ICH7 Family) IDE Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.1
logical name: scsi4
version: 01
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: ide bus_master emulated
configuration: driver=ata_piix latency=0 module=ata_piix
*-cdrom
description: DVD reader
product: CDW/DVD TS-L462C
vendor: TSSTcorp
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@4:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/cdrom
logical name: /dev/cdrw
logical name: /dev/dvd
logical name: /dev/scd0
logical name: /dev/sr0
logical name: /cdrom
version: HP10
capabilities: removable audio cd-r cd-rw dvd
configuration: ansiversion=5 mount.fstype=iso9660 mount.options=ro,noatime state=mounted status=ready
*-medium
physical id: 0
logical name: /dev/cdrom
logical name: /cdrom
configuration: mount.fstype=iso9660 mount.options=ro,noatime state=mounted
*-storage
description: SATA controller
product: 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) SATA AHCI Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f.2
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.2
logical name: scsi0
version: 01
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: storage msi pm bus_master cap_list emulated
configuration: driver=ahci latency=0 module=ahci
*-disk
description: ATA Disk
product: ST96812AS
vendor: Seagate
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/sda
version: 7.24
serial: 3PJ186SQ
size: 55GiB (60GB)
capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
configuration: ansiversion=5 signature=95aa95aa
*-volume:0
description: Windows NTFS volume
physical id: 1
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,1
logical name: /dev/sda1
version: 3.1
serial: 0411-bbad
size: 50GiB
capacity: 50GiB
capabilities: primary bootable ntfs initialized
configuration: clustersize=4096 created=2008-11-19 21:16:16 filesystem=ntfs state=clean
*-volume:1
description: Windows NTFS volume
physical id: 2
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,2
logical name: /dev/sda2
version: 3.1
serial: 40f953f7-dd56-6f4b-852e-0dbaf9a7fae1
size: 5392MiB
capacity: 5411MiB
capabilities: primary ntfs initialized
configuration: clustersize=2048 created=2006-04-04 13:12:05 filesystem=ntfs label=HP_RECOVERY state=clean
*-network DISABLED
description: Ethernet interface
physical id: 1
logical name: pan0
serial: aa:59:de:3f:ff:cf
capabilities: ethernet physical
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=bridge driverversion=2.3 firmware=N/A link=yes multicast=yes
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