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I hope this is not too long to read, but it is the full history of my problem.
I first became aware of a prpblem on Saturday night (apr 28) A requester I had never seen before appeared saying something like "potential IDE/SATA error, restart to resolve" Well I was in the middle of something so I waited. Then I noticed a program started running that looked similar to a fraduilant ant-virus scam software that infected me months ago, but instead of warning about virus infections this program (called Vista Recovery Tool) had warnings about RAM errors and HD errors. It looked fradulant so I did NOT let it artenpt repairs. I left the compuiter as is (running) then went to bed.
On Sunday I started trying to repair my computer. I wanted to reboot into SAFE MODE to do a virus scan with Hitman Pro (unfortunately my virus program, Vipere, had expired and was not running)
As Windows booted into Safe Mode I recieved a BSOD which identified the problem file as volsnap.sys. I then used my Vista CD to use the Repair option. After the analysis ALL the tests were completed succesfully and the recomendation was to reboot. I did and Repair then stated no automatic solution could be found. At this point I thought my HD was fine so I did a Google search on volsnap.sys looking for answers. I discovered that a user fixed his problem by copying over a copy of the file from a backup directory on XP C:\WINDOWS\ServicePackFiles\i386
That directory did not exists on my Vista install so I copied the file over from the Vista CD (file is located in windows\system32\drivers) then I rebooted. I recieved the same BSOD blaming volsnap.sys. At this point frustration set in and I became foolish. I then tried copying volmgr.sys, volmgrx.sys, and volsnap.sys and rebooted. Once again I reciebed the BSOD with no cause identified. I tried doing a DIR on ny C: drive and when I saw only 6 directories I knew I was in trouble.
I then decided to install Vista on another drive and try software recovery. I installed R-Studio(on a seperate drive) and had it do a deep scan on my old C: partition, the computer locked up after 2%. I rebooted and tried to rescan but the software refused to scan again. I then installed Advanced Disk Recovery (also on a seperate drive) and started a deep scan. It locked up the computer at .3% Rebooted, tried a deep scan again, computer locked up again.
After I rebuilt my computer (new motherboard, CPU, RAM) I put in the bad hard drive and booted up. During the boot phase Win7 warned me of a bad hard drive and started to run CHKDSK on it. Before I could stop it, CHKDSK had removed a few redundant sectors. After boot completed I opened windows explorer, selected the drive, and I was able to backup the D partition. When I tried to access the C partition Win7 warned me tha the partion was corrupt and asked for permission to start CHKDSK. I said cancel and removed the drive.
Should I try any software recovery tools (read only of course) or might that cause more damage? Should I just take it to a hard drive recovery company?
Any advice?
Thanks.
I first became aware of a prpblem on Saturday night (apr 28) A requester I had never seen before appeared saying something like "potential IDE/SATA error, restart to resolve" Well I was in the middle of something so I waited. Then I noticed a program started running that looked similar to a fraduilant ant-virus scam software that infected me months ago, but instead of warning about virus infections this program (called Vista Recovery Tool) had warnings about RAM errors and HD errors. It looked fradulant so I did NOT let it artenpt repairs. I left the compuiter as is (running) then went to bed.
On Sunday I started trying to repair my computer. I wanted to reboot into SAFE MODE to do a virus scan with Hitman Pro (unfortunately my virus program, Vipere, had expired and was not running)
As Windows booted into Safe Mode I recieved a BSOD which identified the problem file as volsnap.sys. I then used my Vista CD to use the Repair option. After the analysis ALL the tests were completed succesfully and the recomendation was to reboot. I did and Repair then stated no automatic solution could be found. At this point I thought my HD was fine so I did a Google search on volsnap.sys looking for answers. I discovered that a user fixed his problem by copying over a copy of the file from a backup directory on XP C:\WINDOWS\ServicePackFiles\i386
That directory did not exists on my Vista install so I copied the file over from the Vista CD (file is located in windows\system32\drivers) then I rebooted. I recieved the same BSOD blaming volsnap.sys. At this point frustration set in and I became foolish. I then tried copying volmgr.sys, volmgrx.sys, and volsnap.sys and rebooted. Once again I reciebed the BSOD with no cause identified. I tried doing a DIR on ny C: drive and when I saw only 6 directories I knew I was in trouble.
I then decided to install Vista on another drive and try software recovery. I installed R-Studio(on a seperate drive) and had it do a deep scan on my old C: partition, the computer locked up after 2%. I rebooted and tried to rescan but the software refused to scan again. I then installed Advanced Disk Recovery (also on a seperate drive) and started a deep scan. It locked up the computer at .3% Rebooted, tried a deep scan again, computer locked up again.
After I rebuilt my computer (new motherboard, CPU, RAM) I put in the bad hard drive and booted up. During the boot phase Win7 warned me of a bad hard drive and started to run CHKDSK on it. Before I could stop it, CHKDSK had removed a few redundant sectors. After boot completed I opened windows explorer, selected the drive, and I was able to backup the D partition. When I tried to access the C partition Win7 warned me tha the partion was corrupt and asked for permission to start CHKDSK. I said cancel and removed the drive.
Should I try any software recovery tools (read only of course) or might that cause more damage? Should I just take it to a hard drive recovery company?
Any advice?
Thanks.
