I can't access my C Drive and I can't boot into XP on the C Drive. If I
boot with the XP Boot disk and go to repair - I get the error message re:
Directory enumeration. Does this mean the disk has crashed?

I can't even access the C Drive when I boot up from a BART PE Disk.

Do i have to do a re-format?

Thanks in advance.

Hi,

Sounds like a corrupted file system or partition. There may be little you
can do besides remove it and create a new one. Before you go to any geat
lengths, I would recommend that you download and run a drive diagnostic from
the drive manufacturer.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"jm7" <x@noSpamMail.com> wrote in message
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Can you start Bart check disk?

"jm7" <x@noSpamMail.com> wrote in message
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In recovery console try the following to see if the file system can be
recovered.
This will take some time. Type chkdsk /r and hit enter.
Its either going to come up with unrecoverable errors or fix the situation.
Let us know.
"beb" wrote:

Thanks very much beb and Ron.

I tried Recovery console with an WIN XP Pro disk (the Home one was just a
full recovery CD only)

did the chkdsk c: /r

and all works fine now. Think the files were corrupted as the battery in
the notebook has failed and the computer kept switching off.

Thanks again.