Fixing HDD errors from the recovery console

[moot]

How to?

Ran the chkdsk and it found "one or more" of them, I saw it stop twice during the % progress.

[Siaf__csf]

If the errors are on disk surface the only way to fix them is to back up your data immediately and buy another harddrive.

Anything else, chkdisk should correct automatically.

[moot]

It STOP errors after the XP boot screen.

The chkdsk that I find in the recovery console only knows the /r and /p flags.
Ran the /r and the error(s) is still there.

I have all my apps and heavy media/files on separate drives, but most of my work docs are on C, so I wouldn't let pass any way to recover those.

Can I hook the failing drive to another machine and let that machine try to fix it with windows' scandisk?

[Siaf__csf]

Sure you can. You can even install the OS to the other drive and boot normally from there.

It's generally a bad idea to keep your work files in the c: by the way.

Look this as a positive opportunity: now you can finally buy that WD raptor and install the fresh OS on it, save your files and enjoy the faster bootup times.

[moot]

I forgot to move the docs this time.

I hooked up the HDD to another machine, ran chkdsk with both options checked (automatically fix errors, etc), and after chkdsk running on the next boot before windows opens, there's still a STOP error when I boot from the HDD.

I can access it as a slave without any errors from the other box, so I guess it's an error in the OS/boot section.

I can install the OS on the other drives without wiping out the stuff already on them?

[Kev367th]

What is the stop error?

[Siaf__csf]

You can do it moot as long as you do NOT choose the option to change the filesystem. You must leave the previous filesystem intact, just do an install. Otherwise you'll go through a format.

[moot]

**** it, buying a new one by week's end.

Thanks all the same,
m.