Windows Vista will not boot

How to use TestDisk to recover lost partition
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trotts19
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Joined: 23 Aug 2014, 16:44

Windows Vista will not boot

#1 Post by trotts19 »

Hi, my old laptop will not boot into Vista.

I've managed to D/L the files to another drive because I believe the HDD is toast.

I've uploaded the testdisk log in hopes it may be salvageable

Whether or not anyone can help, I thank you for your efforts

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Fiona
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Location: Ludwigsburg/Stuttgart - Germany

Re: Windows Vista will not boot

#2 Post by Fiona »

Sry but I didn't find any testdisk.log!

trotts19
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Re: Windows Vista will not boot

#3 Post by trotts19 »

That's Ok, Somehow I manged to fix it, but after running fine for almost 2 months,
it suddenly died again upon a reboot
*sigh*

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Fiona
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Re: Windows Vista will not boot

#4 Post by Fiona »

Did you try to use a Live-CD like Knoppix, if you can't boot?

trotts19
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Re: Windows Vista will not boot

#5 Post by trotts19 »

I've been using Hiren's

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