[Zotzot]

I have a Gateway laptop series EC model 1454U. A few days ago, I closed the lid to hibernate, but when I tried to start it up again windows wouldn't load, and goes into "Windows Error Recovery." When I launch Startup Repair it doesn't do anything and asks for a cd that I do not have. I was able to get to the Gateway eRecovery by pressing Alt+F10; however, it did not give me the option to "Restore operating system and retain user data" (it was grayed out) so I did not go through with that. I have ordered a recovery disc online from Gateway, hoping that would give me the option to retain user data, but I have not received it yet. I have a few files that I would like to retrieve before wiping out the hard drive.

I did a web search and followed the directions that are outlined on this topic: http://www.geekstogo...p-into-windows/

I was able to load the OPTLENet.exe onto the cd and open it on my laptop. However, when I opened the OPTLE file and selected the D: drive (the one that I have information on), it states "Does not support Windows 2000 or later."

I have loaded the Farbar Recovery Scan tool and ran the program. It gave me the following:

Scan result of Farbar Recovery Scan Tool (FRST written by farbar) Version: 09-05-2012
Ran by SYSTEM at 10-05-2012 19:35:19
Running from E:\
(X86) OS Language: English(US)
Attention: Could not load system hive.
Error: The system was unable to find the specified registry key or value
Attention: System hive is missing.

========================== Registry (Whitelisted) =============

Attention: Software hive is missing.

HKLM\...\Winlogon: [Userinit] [x]
HKLM\...\Winlogon: [Shell]

================================ Services (Whitelisted) ==================


========================== Drivers (Whitelisted) =============


========================== NetSvcs (Whitelisted) ===========

============ One Month Created Files and Folders ==============



============ 3 Months Modified Files and Folders ===============



========================= Known DLLs (Whitelisted) ============


========================= Bamital & volsnap Check ============

C:\Windows\explorer.exe IS MISSING <==== ATTENTION!.
C:\Windows\System32\winlogon.exe IS MISSING <==== ATTENTION!.
C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe IS MISSING <==== ATTENTION!.
C:\Windows\System32\User32.dll IS MISSING <==== ATTENTION!.
C:\Windows\System32\userinit.exe IS MISSING <==== ATTENTION!.
C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\volsnap.sys IS MISSING <==== ATTENTION!.

==================== Restore Points (XP) =====================


========================= Memory info ======================

Percentage of memory in use: 7%
Total physical RAM: 2974.84 MB
Available physical RAM: 2756.06 MB
Total Pagefile: 2800.11 MB
Available Pagefile: 2734.52 MB
Total Virtual: 2047.88 MB
Available Virtual: 2002.25 MB

======================= Partitions =========================

1 Drive b: (RAMDisk) (Fixed) (Total:0.06 GB) (Free:0.06 GB) NTFS
2 Drive c: (SYSTEM RESERVED) (Fixed) (Total:0.1 GB) (Free:0.07 GB) NTFS
4 Drive e: (PATRIOT) (Removable) (Total:7.45 GB) (Free:6.36 GB) FAT32
5 Drive x: (ReatogoPE) (CDROM) (Total:0.43 GB) (Free:0 GB) CDFS

DiskPart was unable to open or read the script file.
Make sure the file you specified exists.

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I would deeply appreciate any advice I can get on this topic. Thank you so much!

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Remove the Reatogo CD and any other media and run FRST once again.

[JSntgRvr]

Remove the Reatogo CD and any other media and run FRST once again.

[Zotzot]

Thanks for the reply. I'm not quite sure how to run FRST without the Reatogo CD in the cd-rom drive, as it freezes and doesn't work. I have FRST loaded on an usb stick. When I take the Reatogo CD out, the machine freezes. Am I doing something wrong? These are the exact steps I'm doing:

1. Start laptop
2. Boot from USB-CD-ROM; loads Reatogo CD
3. Open FRST from my usb stick
4. Remove the Reatogo CD after FRST says it's ready to run.

Thanks again.

[JSntgRvr]

Chances are that Reatogo does not have the drivers needed to read the hard drive. Are you able to reach the Advanced menu tapping F8 at startup?

[Zotzot]

Hi, thanks for the help, but I decided just to reformat the hard drive. Please close the thread. Thanks again.

[JSntgRvr]

Thanks for the feedback.

Since this issue appears to be resolved ... this Topic has been closed. Glad we could help.

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