Any chance that the diskpart /? command offers something that will
help with your drive (with drivers if needed)


"mcmcom" <mcmcom@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:7FC19FFA-F1CF-4D27-8444-ED2AA0658F63@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
> Thanks for the help. I booted off the recovery disk. I went to repair. I
> could not see my vista install on the list of installed o.a so I thought
> maybe its because my drive is sata so I put the drivers on a USB drive and
> attempted to install them they seemed to install but system repair still
> cannot see my vista or my c drive. In command prompt i tried to chkdsk on
> c
> but it said the drive is raw and this could not run on it. I then tried to
> just go into c but it said it was not formatted.
>
> So that's where I'm at now not much further sadly
>
> TIA mcm
>
> "John Barnes" wrote:
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>> Can you get into your BIOS to run from the DVD? You can try this
>> program.
>> Some have had to burn to a DVD, others can get it to run from a CD.
>> [url]http://neosmart.net/downloads/guides/Vista_Repair/Vista_Recovery_Disc.iso[/url]
>> You can go to the neosmart site for instructions.
>>
>> "mcmcom" <mcmcom@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:69FA4587-94BC-4EDB-8964-5C6158FE1E8B@microsoft.com...[color=darkred]
>> > no dice on the Shift F10.
>> > Spoke with HP Support. They say its a HD issue and i have to send it
>> > in
>> > for
>> > servicing. Of course i have critical information regarding my work on
>> > this
>> > hd and now have no way to recover it. I also got a vista CD from a
>> > friend
>> > and attempted to do the Repair option from it. VIsta install was
>> > undetected
>> > and i have no way to load drivers for my hard drive. :( So basically
>> > im
>> > screwed because HP decided to make very poorly written backup and
>> > recovery
>> > software.
>> >
>> > Heres how it works.
>> > 1. You can use their recovery software as long as you dont encrypt you
>> > drive.
>> > 2. Once you encrypt your drive you have to set a new restore point.
>> > 3. You are unable to set a restore point (unknown error) once the
>> > drive
>> > is
>> > encrypted.
>> > 4. You try to recover your computer to factory defaults and are unable
>> > to
>> > perform a restore until you disable drive encryption.
>> > 5. You cannot disable drive encryption until you can boot into your
>> > OS.
>> > 6. You cannot boot into your OS if you cannot get the boot options to
>> > ever
>> > display!
>> >
>> > WTF!?
>> >
>> > "John Barnes" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Shift key and F10 may get you to a command prompt.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> "mcmcom" <mcmcom@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:56EEDEA7-1F02-43F5-A8D4-C0AAE63834BB@microsoft.com...
>> >> > hi all,
>> >> > i have an HP Compaq 8710p laptop that is about 10 months old. For
>> >> > no
>> >> > apparent reason yesterday it just froze up and when i re-started it
>> >> > it
>> >> > took
>> >> > me directly into Startup Repair. Since then all it will do is boot
>> >> > up
>> >> > into
>> >> > startup repair and fix the same issue, then re-start itself and go
>> >> > back
>> >> > into
>> >> > startup repair, fixing the same issue over and over with no change.
>> >> >
>> >> > For some reason i am unable to press F8 to bring up boot options
>> >> > screen
>> >> > during load. And this is easily the most annoying part about the
>> >> > whole
>> >> > situation. there is absolutely NO WAY to interrupt the boot options
>> >> > and
>> >> > get
>> >> > a "selectable" list of boot options, for some reason it ONLY goes
>> >> > to
>> >> > Startup
>> >> > repair.
>> >> >
>> >> > Startup Repair never lasts too long at all only about 20 seconds
>> >> > each
>> >> > time.
>> >> > The diagnostic code in the details is as follows: (this is the only
>> >> > problem
>> >> > it detects)
>> >> >
>> >> > Root cause found:
>> >> > Boot Manager failed to find OS loader.
>> >> > Repair action : File Repair
>> >> > Result : Completed Successfully. Error code 0x0
>> >> > Time taken = 13400 ms
>> >> >
>> >> > So it states that it has fixed it but every time i restart it i get
>> >> > the
>> >> > same
>> >> > issue. I cant boot from cd because of course HP in its infinite
>> >> > wisdom
>> >> > decided to make this a "diskless" restore. Using their own branded
>> >> > software
>> >> > to restore your computer - of course there are no restore points (as
>> >> > i
>> >> > couldn't make them some software issue) so now im forced to restore
>> >> > this
>> >> > back
>> >> > to factory settings (which i really dont want to do)
>> >> >
>> >> > If anyone has any idea or had a similar problem like this please
>> >> > offer
>> >> > any
>> >> > suggestions. FYI i am a seasoned MS Programmer with about 2
>> >> > decades
>> >> > of
>> >> > experience and in my lifetime i have never had such a hard time
>> >> > trying
>> >> > to
>> >> > fix
>> >> > a computer. I mean comon, give me a command prompt or something. I
>> >> > find
>> >> > it
>> >> > ridicolous that i cannot interrupt startup at any time[/color][/color][/color]