[GeekForgotten]

I have windows 7 32Bit
not windows xp

and also chkdsk /r
gives me
File Type is NTFS
Cannot Lock Current Drive
Because it is Write Protected

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You may have to run the command in advanced mode by doing the following.
Redo the instructions but this time before typing in the command right click on the Run box and then click on Run as Administrator
Then type in command and click Enter
Does that allow the program to then come up?

[rshaffer61]

You may have to run the command in advanced mode by doing the following.
Redo the instructions but this time before typing in the command right click on the Run box and then click on Run as Administrator
Then type in command and click Enter
Does that allow the program to then come up?

[GeekForgotten]

You may have to run the command in advanced mode by doing the following.
Redo the instructions but this time before typing in the command right click on the Run box and then click on Run as Administrator
Then type in command and click Enter
Does that allow the program to then come up?

I can't even turn on the computer and boot up on the OS, let alone go to run cmd
I can only go to CMD in recovery mode which has no run as admin option

[rshaffer61]

Before we go any further lets see if the data is still there then.
To do this you will have to use a Linux Live CD like Puppy Linux
It boots from a cd so you don't need the OS to run. This will tell us if the data is still there or not.
Get Puppy Linux from my signature below...Get puppy-2.16-seamonkey-fulldrivers.iso download it and burn it to cd
..
if you don't have a burning program that will burn .ISO files get Burncdcc from my signature...it is a small FAST no frills iso burning program...

NOTE...do not put a blank cd in until burncdcc opens the tray for you
1. Start BurnCDCC
2. Browse to the ISO file you want to burn on cd/dvd ....in this case its puppy-2.16-seamonkey-fulldrivers.iso
3. Select the ISO file
4. click on Start

make sure in the bios the cd drive is the first boot device....

put the cd in the cd drive..boot your computer....puppy will boot and run totally in ram...if your hardware is is good working order you will know...
after you get it running and your at the desktop...you take the puppy linux cd out and then you can use the burner to copy all your data to cd/dvds
you can also use it to backup your data to a external usb harddrive..just have it hooked to the computer when you boot up with puppy...

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quick guide for saving data...music..files on a system that will not boot using puppy Linux..


after you get to puppy desktop..
click on the drives icon...looks like a flash drive...top row..it will list all the drives connected to

your computer...

click on the red icon for the drive you want to mount...in this case its a flash drive ...puppy will

mount the drive..the drive icon turns green when its mounted...
minimize the drives mounter window..you will need it again in a few minutes..
drag the right edge of it sideways to shrink it to its narrowest size...about half the width of the screen...then drag the window to the right edge of the screen...

now click on the icon that looks like a filing cabinet (kind of yellow) on the main drive...it should
already be green..
you will see a list of all the folders on the main drive Usually your C: drive..shrink that window to
the narrowest you can..about half the width of the screen...drag that window to the left side of the screen...
at this point you should have 2 windows open on your desktop..the flash drive on the right side..
go back to the folders on the C: drive...click on the documents and settings folder...then your user
name or all users..find the folders that has your data..
drag and drop the folder with the data you want to make copies of to the flash drive window...

your options are to move ..copy ect...JUST COPY..if its to big you will have to open the folder and
drag and drop individual files until the flash drive is full...(I have a 120 GB external USB drive for
big data recovery jobs and a 4 GB flash drive for the smaller jobs)..after you get the files copied to
the flash drive...
Click on the drives mounter you minimized earlier
UNMOUNT THE FLASH DRIVE by clicking on the green icon..you will once in awhile get error messages when
unmouting the drive..ignore them..when the flash drive icon turns red again its safe to remove the
flash drive..trot on over (stroll if you want to look cool) to another computer and plug in the flash

drive and copy all the data files ( I drag and drop) to the other computer..
make sure the other computer can read them...

now delete the data on the flash drive...take it back to the misbehaving computer and plug it in

again..click on the drives icon again and repeat until you have all your data transferred to the working
system..

Thanks to happyrock

[GeekForgotten]

It does have data on it
which is the 10GB Parititon Recovery from Dell

[rshaffer61]

I'm talking about the OS partition not the recovery partition.

[GeekForgotten]

Can I put Puppy linux on a usb and boot from it like that?
I dont have any more blank cd's currently left

[rshaffer61]

Only if your system is capable of booting from a usb device.

[GeekForgotten]

It can boot from USB
Do I just drag the puppy linux files on the usb?
Or make it bootable?

[rshaffer61]

Burn it just like you would a cd.
Insert it and make sure your system is set to boot to the usb device. Then proceed with the rest of the instructions like normal.

[GeekForgotten]

I booted from cd
But it gets stuck at
Loading kernel modules......disabling itq #11

[rshaffer61]

Did you burn it with the imgburn software or as a bootable disk?

[GeekForgotten]

I burnt it with Roxio Creater Home as a Image
it booted up fine, but it got stuck at that part
I can try Imgburn if you want

Edit: Now I get this error


Edit 2: Nvm that error only occured when I the usb was plugged in, otherwise it still keeps getting stuck at Disabling IQT

Edited by GeekForgotten, 12 November 2010 - 02:49 PM.

[rshaffer61]

This is just not working.
Is your Win 7 installation disk a authentic Microsoft disk, downloaded or burned copy?

[GeekForgotten]

This is just not working.
Is your Win 7 installation disk a authentic Microsoft disk, downloaded or burned copy?

It is authentic