Hard Drive Problem

[medicnick83]

Hi peepz!

I have this 320GB HDD that has semi died I think.
It was in an external casing and starting giving me this blue screen error: bugcode_usb_driver

Anyways, I took it outta the casing and now it gives page fault page blah blah blah blue screen error.

I need to get the data off this drive, but if I put it and turn the PC on, the PC gets to a point and Blue Screens.

Any ideas?

 

[The_Unbeliever]

use knoppix?

can you run chkdsk on the drive before copying off data? (probably will lose some data on bad sectors tho)

wait for other ideas before running off. Take it easy, don't rush things.

 

[Devill]

My only driving hard problems is that petrol is expensive

 

[medicnick83]

use knoppix?

???

 

[medicnick83]

My only driving hard problems is that petrol is expensive

This was a waste of a 1,000th post

 

[mercurial]

Take the HD to another pc and connect it up as another drive. Then transfer the data.

 

[medicnick83]

Take the HD to another pc and connect it up as another drive. Then transfer the data.

I've done this... I have 2 PC's
In both PC's I get the BSOD either IN the external casing or out of it.

 

[Devill]

If there is nothing "private" on the HD then take it to a data recovery place..... will cost a few Rands but hay next time dont load porn on the HD

 

[Devill]

This was a waste of a 1,000th post

Titles mean little to the immortal immorals

 

[The_Unbeliever]

???

never heard of knoppix?

google for it

 

[mercurial]

I've done this... I have 2 PC's
In both PC's I get the BSOD either IN the external casing or out of it.

I don't understand Are you getting the blue screen even though you're not using the HD as the boot up drive?

 

[medicnick83]

never heard of knoppix?

google for it

Linux ya...

I don't understand Are you getting the blue screen even though you're not using the HD as the boot up drive?

Yes... Which is why I'm so confused myself.

 

[The_Unbeliever]

Have to agree - it's weird.

All I can think of is that a defect developed on the removable drive's MBR or in some other critical area, when Windows try to access it, it doesn't know how to handle the error, and bluescreens.

Can also be a rootkit/virus/trojan tho...

 

[medicnick83]

So... any suggestion on how to fix it?

 

[mercurial]

Yes... Which is why I'm so confused myself.

Damn, that's weird. Try it in Safe Mode?

 

[medicnick83]

Did that... still blue screens!

See my dilemia?

 

[Devill]

Take it to the pros, pay a couple of bucks and all your worries are solved

 

[medicnick83]

What pros are you referring too exactly?

 

[mercurial]

If you don't connect the device, the other pc works fine? Have you tried "Last known good configuration"?

 

[medicnick83]

If I disconnect the drive, yes, the PC works fine, boots up.

I haven't tried "last known good configuration"
I'll try this, but something tells me, this won't work either