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[King Biscuit]

Come home from work to a pc that won't wake up.
Restart.
Select Start windows normaly.
Flash of BSoD and restarts.

Cannot safe mode as system32 does not finish loading.
Flash of BSoD and restart.

I run Startup Repair instead.
It runs.
Look at diag when finished.
System Volume corrupt.

I've failed to make a recent backup.

Did I seriously just lose everything?

[KiWi]

I'm gonna make a backup of my shit soon...

[King Biscuit]

Well used a 3 year old backup to get into windows.
Most of my files are still there.
Now, a maddening this is happening.
My keyboard and mouse are randomly not working.
The.
Actual.
Fuck.

I just.wanna rescue files and do a clean install.

[Learz]

Don't do anything with the computer.

 

You have basically two options at this point.

Option 1, use a file recovery program on the HDD. This will pull all your files, although they'll be unsorted (all of them). It's a messy headache, but you'll recover around 99% of everything you have.

 

I'd recommend installing windows on another drive, and putting your corrupted drive as an external (or secondary drive). Or install linux onto a thumb drive and pull files that way.

 

Option 2, repair windows. I'm not sure what your specific problem is, but it'll involve some troubleshooting. Be careful about what you do when fiddling around, as you can overwrite files. Try booting off a windows CD. There's also a command, system file checker, this saved my ass last time I had a problem.

 

Key point here, fooling with your drive too much will mess files up. Pick an option and go for it. If oyu have spare storage space, pull all your files with a recovery tool, then try to repair it.

 

Also, when you're done with all that, send me message and I can hook you up with a pretty good backup tool, for the future.

 

 

I'll defer to the more tech savvy people at this point

[King Biscuit]

It's a driver issue. Mouse now works. Been pulling files for a while now, gonna give er the wipe tomorrow.

[rotty]

you're gonna need a bigger hammer

 

 

 

(sorry Im no help, Ill drink some gin for you)

[King Biscuit]

Fresh, tasty install.

Delish.

 

(errmagerd the forums are HUGE)

[KiWi]

Fresh, tasty install.
Delish.
 
(errmagerd the forums are HUGE)

Adjust all the settings.

[King Biscuit]

ALL THE SETTINGS!