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Hi, im new to this forum but i need some help.

I installed all the vista updates, computer restarted, and it was at the "configuring updates" screen, i went and took a shower, came back and the screen was black and stood liek that for 5 minutes, so i restarted. AFter the restart it posted the green lines loading thingie came up than BSOD'd and closed, happened 3 times, happen when i tried going into safemode, even happened when i tried booting from the Vista x64 disc. Then just now i hooked it up to my brothers computer, my harddrives that is, so i could recover my files than freshinstall. When they were hooked up my brothers computer would BSOD too, even though i was booting off of his RAID array......
How can i get my files off the discs and clear them so i can fresh install?
ANy help would be much appreciated

P.S. I also tried changing my boot screen which worked when i restarted my computer after, but i dunno if it can affect anything
 

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download UBCD and burn it to CD...boot it and use the appropriate HDD app to wipe it all to zeros.

Also I believe windows setup will allow you to wipe the partition prior to install, but I cant say it is as thorough.
 

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Thanks for the info on how to clear the drive, but i was wondering more if theres a way i can save my files??
 
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How old is the HDD from reading your above I would say it'''''''s F'ked ...what make of drive is it ...
if you put it back in the rig it came out of can you boot the rig from a floppy or usb key????
 

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Nope, As i said, i couldnt boot from the vista disk, im currently downloading the Vista Recovery Tool Disk to try that, im also currently posting off the the Linux Live CD on my screwed up pc. The Drives are 4 month old Seagate 250G 7200.10 SATAII's.

Something i dont think i said is i tried installing a new bootscreen.... could that have done anything?

Also, anyone know how to recover my files through Linux?
Im downloading this and about to try it:
http://lifehacker.com/software/disk-recovery/geek-to-live--rescue-files-with-a-boot-cd-192982.php
 
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I know it won't booot from the CD but can you boot for a usb/floopy disk that has boot file on it
 
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can you supply 'sys specs 'so we can see what we have to work with
 
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if you can get it to boot you can use ' seatools for DOS' from seagate to have a look at the drive
 

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how do i boot from usb?? i dont have a floppy, and what do i boot from USB?
 
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and what files do i put on it?
Isnt that the same as burning a bottable disk?
Ive tried using Ubunutu, Knoppix, and Windows REcovery, Recovery gives me a BSOD,
Ubuntu says the NTFS is corrupt, and Knoppix wont boot
 

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screw this, im reformating, and ill try recovering my files when its done,
 

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wow even gparted isnt working for me now,
im downloading UDBC right now, and ill try that
 
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"Ubuntu says the NTFS is corrupt" OR the update f'k uped the boot array MBR
IF the files arn't a matter of Life & Death The a rebuild of the array & a Fresh in stall prob the easyist way :(
 

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Ya, i tried mounting the harddrives in ubuntu to get my files, and it gave me this error:
"NTFS signature is missing.
Failed to mount '/dev/sda': Invalid argument
The device '/dev/sda' doesn't have a valid NTFS.
Maybe you selected the wrong device? Or the whole disk instead of a
partition (e.g. /dev/hda, not /dev/hda1)? Or the other way around?"

the files arent "life or death" but they are pretty important, stuff ive been gather for over a year now... would kinda suck to get everything again. and like over 300G's of Torrents
 
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Noting :
"Hard Drive 2x250G Seagate (RAID 0)

even if you get the array to work the data on it is prob lost
 

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trure but ill try my best ;) lol
 

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wtf, instead of using UDBC i just took off raid through my bios, than clear each HD seperately, and the vista install says there is nothing on the drives.....
 

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wow i really am stupid, even vista didnt work,
i just used the BIOS Ctrl-i utility, and deleted the RAID volume
 

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wow wtf, this is wierd
the drives are fine,
i just finished installing and its doing the "preparing to start for the first time" thingie
 
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