I have 2 hard drives,(80GB Maxtor & 320GB Hitachi).
Here's what happen:
I recently tried to install Windows XP on my slave drive(Maxtor 80GB HDD).On the blue installation screen the 320GB is shown as 130GB instead of 320GB,which I'm confused about,the 80GB is fine.The 320GB is my master drive containing my only OS,Vista Ultimate.I deleted the partition on the 80GB,and it shows 78.6GB available.Then I proceed with the format on the 78.6GB and chose the full format(NTFS).But to my horror the screen shows formatting on the 130GB (which is the 320GB Hitachi) instead.I immediately halted the format(it is at the 0% mark)by pressing the restart button.During the bootup,it display this message:disk boot failure,insert system disk and press any key].I insert the windows vista CD-ROM,select "repair my computer" then "repair startup''.
It took over an hour.It shows:
Diagnosis and repair details:
Statup Repair diagnosis and repair log
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Number of repair attempts: 1
Session details
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System Disk = \Device\Harddisk0
Windows directory =
AutoChk Run = 0
Number of root causes = 1
Test Performed:
----------------------------
Name: Check for updates
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 31 ms
Test Performed:
----------------------------
Name: System disk test
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 16 ms
Test Performed:
----------------------------
Name: Disk failure diagnosis
Result: Comopleted successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 359 ms
Test Performed:
----------------------------
Name: Disk metadata test
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 748 ms
Root cause found:
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The system does not have a valid partition.
Basically it shows repair is successful,but then during bootup disk boot failure appears again,insert system disk and press any key to continue.
I'm in danger of losing all my data as I my other backup(the 80GB Maxtor HDD) is also without without a valid partition.
Can someone please save me.Help me please,I'll be truly grateful from the bottom of my heart.PLEASE!Anyone,anything
Here's what happen:
I recently tried to install Windows XP on my slave drive(Maxtor 80GB HDD).On the blue installation screen the 320GB is shown as 130GB instead of 320GB,which I'm confused about,the 80GB is fine.The 320GB is my master drive containing my only OS,Vista Ultimate.I deleted the partition on the 80GB,and it shows 78.6GB available.Then I proceed with the format on the 78.6GB and chose the full format(NTFS).But to my horror the screen shows formatting on the 130GB (which is the 320GB Hitachi) instead.I immediately halted the format(it is at the 0% mark)by pressing the restart button.During the bootup,it display this message:disk boot failure,insert system disk and press any key].I insert the windows vista CD-ROM,select "repair my computer" then "repair startup''.
It took over an hour.It shows:
Diagnosis and repair details:
Statup Repair diagnosis and repair log
----------------------------
Number of repair attempts: 1
Session details
----------------------------
System Disk = \Device\Harddisk0
Windows directory =
AutoChk Run = 0
Number of root causes = 1
Test Performed:
----------------------------
Name: Check for updates
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 31 ms
Test Performed:
----------------------------
Name: System disk test
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 16 ms
Test Performed:
----------------------------
Name: Disk failure diagnosis
Result: Comopleted successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 359 ms
Test Performed:
----------------------------
Name: Disk metadata test
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 748 ms
Root cause found:
----------------------------
The system does not have a valid partition.
Basically it shows repair is successful,but then during bootup disk boot failure appears again,insert system disk and press any key to continue.
I'm in danger of losing all my data as I my other backup(the 80GB Maxtor HDD) is also without without a valid partition.
Can someone please save me.Help me please,I'll be truly grateful from the bottom of my heart.PLEASE!Anyone,anything