HDD Hangs after Splash

[Mr.Mike]

Hello All:

The Machine:

Dell XPS 400
2.8 Ghz Intel Processor
1 Gb Ram Unbuffered
250 Gb Sata HDD (Samsung SP2504C)

OS: XP SP3 (media addition)

Startup: After Splash screen, a message reads:

Checking file system on C:
The type of the file system is NTFS
The volume is dirty.

CHKDSK is verifying giles (stage 1 of 3)
File verification completed
CHKDSK is verifying indexes (stage 2 of 3)
Index verification completed
CHKDSK is verifying security descriptors (stage 3 of 3)
Security descriptor verification completed.

And there it HANGS

Tried Boot From CD:

Attempted to run the Recovery Console in Win Setup from an OEM CD and the UBCD4Win CD. I get the following message:

Setup did not find any hard disk drives installed in your computer.

Make sure any hard disk drives are powered on and properly connected to your computer, and that any disk-related hardware configuration is correct. This may involve running a manufacturer-supplied diagnostic or setup program.

Setup cannot continue. To quit Setup, press F3.

I can however, boot to the UBCD4Win and get that environment which doesn't seem equipped to solve my problem.

I have pulled and reconnected the HDD, tested and reseated the RAM, and checked all other connections. I have replaced the SATA data cable and the switched power connector to another one. Still the message above shows up.

Next I went into the Boot Menu (F12) and ran Hard Drive Diagnostics.

Test showed:

Drive 0: Samsung SP2504C - Fail. Return Code: 7
--Reason Code JP8YLB1P@aH

My research shows this could be due to multiple power interrupts caused by power failures and improper shutdowns. The owner has since verified this (no proper shut down). Samsung and Dell forums refer to this code as a "failed HDD".

I then tried to boot into safe mode and although it initially looked as if it would, the black screen hangs with multiple lines showing:
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)pertition(2)\windows\system 32\DRIVERS\*****.sys

My conclusion:

Unless there is something that will prevent this, I will slave it and try to extract data to another HDD. Otherwise the boot sector is blasted and is probably not fixable.

Any thoughts? I appreciate any an all responses.

Scarlet Pathos

 

[NickCat11]

Why did you double post, you already started a thread with the same question in which people are responding to.

 

[Mr.Mike]

Double post

Why did you double post, you already started a thread with the same question in which people are responding to.

Is it wrong to double post? If so I won't do it again. I was getting responses from the Microsoft windows group and thought I'd try hardware. Something I should know?

 

[PatrickB]

Scarlet,

No offense -- while not an official rule of these forums, it is a common practice among most forums that a topic should be posted in only one area. That keeps the discussion focused and reduces the waste of time of reading the same thing twice.

-- Patrick B.

 

[Mr.Mike]

Thanks Patrick B

Scarlet,

No offense -- while not an official rule of these forums, it is a common practice among most forums that a topic should be posted in only one area. That keeps the discussion focused and reduces the waste of time of reading the same thing twice.

-- Patrick B.

No offense taken. I appreciate your post. Although I did clarify by slightly editing the original before posting in Hardware, I get it that one post is enough. Thanks for your time.

Scarlet Pathos