Windows XP Home mup.sys problem

[samsloan]

Windows XP Home mup.sys problem

In case anybody has been trying to contact me since early Saturday, you
can forget about
it, as my computer crashed and will not get up.

I have the mup.sys problem. If you do a Google search for mup.sys , you
will see what the
problem is.

Basically, my computer starts Windows XP but then after only about 15
seconds a
greenish-blue screen appears. After a few more seconds the computer
restarts the
computer and windows from the beginning. This repeats itself and goes
on forever.

It does not matter what you try, the same thing happens.

If you go into safe mode with MSDOS prompt, it goes down through a
bunch of the
drivers and then when it reaches mup.sys it crashes. That is why we say
that the problem
is in mup.sys or in the driver after it.

The bluish-green screen says that I should disconnect any recently
attached devices, so I
have done that. I removed my new scanner, my new ULTRA hard disk case,
my old
printer and even my old keyboard and mouse and none of this has helped
the problem.

However, if I attach my old Windows ME hard drive and remove all
devices and disks
based on Windows XP, my computer works fine.

The bluish-green screen that appears when this problem occurs says in
part:

A problem has been detected and windows has been shut down to prevent
damage
to your computer.
SESSIONS_INITIALIZATION_FAILED

If problems continue, disable or remove any newly installed devices.
Select F8 for
advanced setup options and then select safe mode.

Technical Information

*** STOP: 0x00000006F, (0xC00002D, 0x0000000, 0x0000000, 0x0000000)


I have been working on this problem all day for four days. I had
thought that my hard
drive had gone bad, but not I realize that this is not the problem.

Someone has suggested that my Cadaptec graphics card might be causig
the problem and
I should search for and download different drivers for that.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Sam Sloan

[DL]

why cross post to so many irrelevant groups?

"samsloan" > wrote in message
oups.com...
> Windows XP Home mup.sys problem
>
> In case anybody has been trying to contact me since early Saturday, you
> can forget about
> it, as my computer crashed and will not get up.
>
> I have the mup.sys problem. If you do a Google search for mup.sys , you
> will see what the
> problem is.
>
> Basically, my computer starts Windows XP but then after only about 15
> seconds a
> greenish-blue screen appears. After a few more seconds the computer
> restarts the
> computer and windows from the beginning. This repeats itself and goes
> on forever.
>
> It does not matter what you try, the same thing happens.
>
> If you go into safe mode with MSDOS prompt, it goes down through a
> bunch of the
> drivers and then when it reaches mup.sys it crashes. That is why we say
> that the problem
> is in mup.sys or in the driver after it.
>
> The bluish-green screen says that I should disconnect any recently
> attached devices, so I
> have done that. I removed my new scanner, my new ULTRA hard disk case,
> my old
> printer and even my old keyboard and mouse and none of this has helped
> the problem.
>
> However, if I attach my old Windows ME hard drive and remove all
> devices and disks
> based on Windows XP, my computer works fine.
>
> The bluish-green screen that appears when this problem occurs says in
> part:
>
> A problem has been detected and windows has been shut down to prevent
> damage
> to your computer.
> SESSIONS_INITIALIZATION_FAILED
>
> If problems continue, disable or remove any newly installed devices.
> Select F8 for
> advanced setup options and then select safe mode.
>
> Technical Information
>
> *** STOP: 0x00000006F, (0xC00002D, 0x0000000, 0x0000000, 0x0000000)
>
>
> I have been working on this problem all day for four days. I had
> thought that my hard
> drive had gone bad, but not I realize that this is not the problem.
>
> Someone has suggested that my Cadaptec graphics card might be causig
> the problem and
> I should search for and download different drivers for that.
>
> Any suggestions would be appreciated.
>
> Sam Sloan
>

[Ian]

Mup.sys is not the problem. This poor blighter happens to be the last driver
to be loaded, hence it gets the blame for everything untoward which follows!

[samsloan]

I removed the hard drive from my computer and took it to a data
recovery expert, located at 500A East 87th Street, New York NY.

He charged me $55 to look at it.

He says that he can recover the data, but it will require 7 to 10 hours
at $95 per hour.

I do not have the money.

He says that he believes that the problem is with a chip in the
controller card inside the computer.

He says that he will have to find out which chip it is, replace it and
then read it out onto an external hard drive that I will have to buy.

Does anybody here know how to do this? Where is the controller card to
a hard disk, how do I get access to it, how do I replace it and read
out the data, and do you think that my expert is giving me the right
information?

Sam Sloan

samsloan wrote:
> Windows XP Home mup.sys problem
>
> In case anybody has been trying to contact me since early Saturday, you
> can forget about
> it, as my computer crashed and will not get up.
>
> I have the mup.sys problem. If you do a Google search for mup.sys , you
> will see what the
> problem is.
>
> Basically, my computer starts Windows XP but then after only about 15
> seconds a
> greenish-blue screen appears. After a few more seconds the computer
> restarts the
> computer and windows from the beginning. This repeats itself and goes
> on forever.
>
> It does not matter what you try, the same thing happens.
>
> If you go into safe mode with MSDOS prompt, it goes down through a
> bunch of the
> drivers and then when it reaches mup.sys it crashes. That is why we say
> that the problem
> is in mup.sys or in the driver after it.
>
> The bluish-green screen says that I should disconnect any recently
> attached devices, so I
> have done that. I removed my new scanner, my new ULTRA hard disk case,
> my old
> printer and even my old keyboard and mouse and none of this has helped
> the problem.
>
> However, if I attach my old Windows ME hard drive and remove all
> devices and disks
> based on Windows XP, my computer works fine.
>
> The bluish-green screen that appears when this problem occurs says in
> part:
>
> A problem has been detected and windows has been shut down to prevent
> damage
> to your computer.
> SESSIONS_INITIALIZATION_FAILED
>
> If problems continue, disable or remove any newly installed devices.
> Select F8 for
> advanced setup options and then select safe mode.
>
> Technical Information
>
> *** STOP: 0x00000006F, (0xC00002D, 0x0000000, 0x0000000, 0x0000000)
>
>
> I have been working on this problem all day for four days. I had
> thought that my hard
> drive had gone bad, but not I realize that this is not the problem.
>
> Someone has suggested that my Cadaptec graphics card might be causig
> the problem and
> I should search for and download different drivers for that.
>
> Any suggestions would be appreciated.
>
> Sam Sloan

[Sam Sloan]

samsloan wrote:

> I removed the hard drive from my computer and took it to a data
> recovery expert, located at 500A East 87th Street, New York NY.
>
> He charged me $55 to look at it.
>
> He says that he can recover the data, but it will require 7 to 10 hours
> at $95 per hour.
>
> I do not have the money.
>
> He says that he believes that the problem is with a chip in the
> controller card inside the computer.
>
> He says that he will have to find out which chip it is, replace it and
> then read it out onto an external hard drive that I will have to buy.
>
> Does anybody here know how to do this? Where is the controller card to
> a hard disk, how do I get access to it, how do I replace it and read
> out the data, and do you think that my expert is giving me the right
> information?
>
> Sam Sloan
>
> samsloan wrote:
> > Windows XP Home mup.sys problem
> >
> > In case anybody has been trying to contact me since early Saturday, you
> > can forget about
> > it, as my computer crashed and will not get up.
> >
> > I have the mup.sys problem. If you do a Google search for mup.sys , you
> > will see what the
> > problem is.
> >
> > Basically, my computer starts Windows XP but then after only about 15
> > seconds a
> > greenish-blue screen appears. After a few more seconds the computer
> > restarts the
> > computer and windows from the beginning. This repeats itself and goes
> > on forever.
> >
> > It does not matter what you try, the same thing happens.
> >
> > If you go into safe mode with MSDOS prompt, it goes down through a
> > bunch of the
> > drivers and then when it reaches mup.sys it crashes. That is why we say
> > that the problem
> > is in mup.sys or in the driver after it.
> >
> > The bluish-green screen says that I should disconnect any recently
> > attached devices, so I
> > have done that. I removed my new scanner, my new ULTRA hard disk case,
> > my old
> > printer and even my old keyboard and mouse and none of this has helped
> > the problem.
> >
> > However, if I attach my old Windows ME hard drive and remove all
> > devices and disks
> > based on Windows XP, my computer works fine.
> >
> > The bluish-green screen that appears when this problem occurs says in
> > part:
> >
> > A problem has been detected and windows has been shut down to prevent
> > damage
> > to your computer.
> > SESSIONS_INITIALIZATION_FAILED
> >
> > If problems continue, disable or remove any newly installed devices.
> > Select F8 for
> > advanced setup options and then select safe mode.
> >
> > Technical Information
> >
> > *** STOP: 0x00000006F, (0xC00002D, 0x0000000, 0x0000000, 0x0000000)
> >
> >
> > I have been working on this problem all day for four days. I had
> > thought that my hard
> > drive had gone bad, but not I realize that this is not the problem.
> >
> > Someone has suggested that my Cadaptec graphics card might be causig
> > the problem and
> > I should search for and download different drivers for that.
> >
> > Any suggestions would be appreciated.
> >
> > Sam Sloan

Marcus, I'm begging you. Can you please loan me $3,000 so I can
retrieve my hard drive and buy a new computer? I'll do anything you
want. Please, I'm so desperate. Please help me. I can even offer you my
wife for a night in exchange.

Sam Sloan

[samsloan]

Windows XP Home mup.sys problem

In case anybody has been trying to contact me since early Saturday, you
can forget about
it, as my computer crashed and will not get up.

I have the mup.sys problem. If you do a Google search for mup.sys , you
will see what the
problem is.

Basically, my computer starts Windows XP but then after only about 15
seconds a
greenish-blue screen appears. After a few more seconds the computer
restarts the
computer and windows from the beginning. This repeats itself and goes
on forever.

It does not matter what you try, the same thing happens.

If you go into safe mode with MSDOS prompt, it goes down through a
bunch of the
drivers and then when it reaches mup.sys it crashes. That is why we say
that the problem
is in mup.sys or in the driver after it.

The bluish-green screen says that I should disconnect any recently
attached devices, so I
have done that. I removed my new scanner, my new ULTRA hard disk case,
my old
printer and even my old keyboard and mouse and none of this has helped
the problem.

However, if I attach my old Windows ME hard drive and remove all
devices and disks
based on Windows XP, my computer works fine.

The bluish-green screen that appears when this problem occurs says in
part:

A problem has been detected and windows has been shut down to
prevent damage to
your computer.
SESSIONS_INITIALIZATION_FAILED

Check to make sure that any hardware of software is properly installed.
If this is a new
installation, ask your hardware or software manufacturer for any
windows updates you
might need.

If problems continue, disable or remove any newly installed or
software, disable BIOS
memory options such as caching or shadowing. If you need to use the
safe mode to
remove or disable components, restart your computer, press F8 to select
advanced setup
options and then select safe mode.

Technical Information

*** STOP: 0x00000006F, (0xC000020, 0x0000000, 0x0000000, 0x0000000)

I have been working on this problem all day for four days. I had
thought that my hard
drive had gone bad, but not I realize that this is not the problem.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Sam Sloan

[Dave Bolt]

Why have you reposted the original message (from the 31st Oct), to the same
thread?
And in all these newsgroups?
Dave

"samsloan" > wrote in message
ups.com...
> Windows XP Home mup.sys problem
>
> In case anybody has been trying to contact me since early Saturday, you
> can forget about
> it, as my computer crashed and will not get up.
>
> I have the mup.sys problem. If you do a Google search for mup.sys , you
> will see what the
> problem is.
>
> Basically, my computer starts Windows XP but then after only about 15
> seconds a
> greenish-blue screen appears. After a few more seconds the computer
> restarts the
> computer and windows from the beginning. This repeats itself and goes
> on forever.
>
> It does not matter what you try, the same thing happens.
>
> If you go into safe mode with MSDOS prompt, it goes down through a
> bunch of the
> drivers and then when it reaches mup.sys it crashes. That is why we say
> that the problem
> is in mup.sys or in the driver after it.
>
> The bluish-green screen says that I should disconnect any recently
> attached devices, so I
> have done that. I removed my new scanner, my new ULTRA hard disk case,
> my old
> printer and even my old keyboard and mouse and none of this has helped
> the problem.
>
> However, if I attach my old Windows ME hard drive and remove all
> devices and disks
> based on Windows XP, my computer works fine.
>
> The bluish-green screen that appears when this problem occurs says in
> part:
>
> A problem has been detected and windows has been shut down to
> prevent damage to
> your computer.
> SESSIONS_INITIALIZATION_FAILED
>
> Check to make sure that any hardware of software is properly installed.
> If this is a new
> installation, ask your hardware or software manufacturer for any
> windows updates you
> might need.
>
> If problems continue, disable or remove any newly installed or
> software, disable BIOS
> memory options such as caching or shadowing. If you need to use the
> safe mode to
> remove or disable components, restart your computer, press F8 to select
> advanced setup
> options and then select safe mode.
>
> Technical Information
>
> *** STOP: 0x00000006F, (0xC000020, 0x0000000, 0x0000000, 0x0000000)
>
> I have been working on this problem all day for four days. I had
> thought that my hard
> drive had gone bad, but not I realize that this is not the problem.
>
> Any suggestions would be appreciated.
>
> Sam Sloan
>

[samsloan]

My Hard Disk is a Samsung SV4012H which you can read about here:

http://www.samsung.com/in/products/harddiskdrives/5400rpm/sv4012h.asp

A friend and chess expert Kevin R. believes that I can get access to
the disk by making an ATA boot disk (another kind of boot disk will not
do).

How can I do that?

Three days ago I took it to a hard disk revovery expert who has a
website at
http://www.sherlockdatarecovery.com

He said that he could recover my data but it would take 7 to 10 hours
at $95 per hour.

Since I did not have the money, I took back my hard disk yesterday.

In the two days he had it he made some changes. Previoisly, it would
try to load windows and then snap off and restart after about 15
seconds.

Now, it does not start at all.

I hope that the changes he made are for the good.

I am still hoping for suggestions.

Sam Sloan

samsloan wrote:
> Windows XP Home mup.sys problem
>
> In case anybody has been trying to contact me since early Saturday, you
> can forget about
> it, as my computer crashed and will not get up.
>
> I have the mup.sys problem. If you do a Google search for mup.sys , you
> will see what the
> problem is.
>
> Basically, my computer starts Windows XP but then after only about 15
> seconds a
> greenish-blue screen appears. After a few more seconds the computer
> restarts the
> computer and windows from the beginning. This repeats itself and goes
> on forever.
>
> It does not matter what you try, the same thing happens.
>
> If you go into safe mode with MSDOS prompt, it goes down through a
> bunch of the
> drivers and then when it reaches mup.sys it crashes. That is why we say
> that the problem
> is in mup.sys or in the driver after it.
>
> The bluish-green screen says that I should disconnect any recently
> attached devices, so I
> have done that. I removed my new scanner, my new ULTRA hard disk case,
> my old
> printer and even my old keyboard and mouse and none of this has helped
> the problem.
>
> However, if I attach my old Windows ME hard drive and remove all
> devices and disks
> based on Windows XP, my computer works fine.
>
> The bluish-green screen that appears when this problem occurs says in
> part:
>
> A problem has been detected and windows has been shut down to prevent
> damage
> to your computer.
> SESSIONS_INITIALIZATION_FAILED
>
> If problems continue, disable or remove any newly installed devices.
> Select F8 for
> advanced setup options and then select safe mode.
>
> Technical Information
>
> *** STOP: 0x00000006F, (0xC00002D, 0x0000000, 0x0000000, 0x0000000)
>
>
> I have been working on this problem all day for four days. I had
> thought that my hard
> drive had gone bad, but not I realize that this is not the problem.
>
> Someone has suggested that my Cadaptec graphics card might be causig
> the problem and
> I should search for and download different drivers for that.
>
> Any suggestions would be appreciated.
>
> Sam Sloan

[samsloan]

samsloan wrote:
> My Hard Disk is a Samsung SV4012H which you can read about here:
>
> http://www.samsung.com/in/products/harddiskdrives/5400rpm/sv4012h.asp
>
> A friend and chess expert Kevin R. believes that I can get access to
> the disk by making an ATA boot disk (another kind of boot disk will not
> do).
>
> How can I do that?
>
> Three days ago I took it to a hard disk revovery expert who has a
> website at
> http://www.sherlockdatarecovery.com
>
> He said that he could recover my data but it would take 7 to 10 hours
> at $95 per hour.
>
> Since I did not have the money, I took back my hard disk yesterday.
>
> In the two days he had it he made some changes. Previoisly, it would
> try to load windows and then snap off and restart after about 15
> seconds.
>
> Now, it does not start at all.
>
> I hope that the changes he made are for the good.
>
> I am still hoping for suggestions.
>
> Sam Sloan

The data recovery expert, Ephraim Hirshberg, who has a company named
Atomic Bytes, made changes in my hard drive. Before it started Windows
XP, but restarted after only about 15 seconds, so I could never get
inside.

Now, it does not start at all. It says:

"A disk read error occurred
Press Ctrl + Alt + Del to restart"

I hope this means that it has gotten better, not worse.

Sam Sloan

[samsloan]

samsloan wrote:
> samsloan wrote:
> > My Hard Disk is a Samsung SV4012H which you can read about here:
> >
> > http://www.samsung.com/in/products/harddiskdrives/5400rpm/sv4012h.asp
> >
> > A friend and chess expert Kevin R. believes that I can get access to
> > the disk by making an ATA boot disk (another kind of boot disk will not
> > do).
> >
> > How can I do that?
> >
> > Three days ago I took it to a hard disk revovery expert who has a
> > website at
> > http://www.sherlockdatarecovery.com
> >
> > He said that he could recover my data but it would take 7 to 10 hours
> > at $95 per hour.
> >
> > Since I did not have the money, I took back my hard disk yesterday.
> >
> > In the two days he had it he made some changes. Previoisly, it would
> > try to load windows and then snap off and restart after about 15
> > seconds.
> >
> > Now, it does not start at all.
> >
> > I hope that the changes he made are for the good.
> >
> > I am still hoping for suggestions.
> >
> > Sam Sloan
>
> The data recovery expert, Ephraim Hirshberg, who has a company named
> Atomic Bytes, made changes in my hard drive. Before it started Windows
> XP, but restarted after only about 15 seconds, so I could never get
> inside.
>
> Now, it does not start at all. It says:
>
> "A disk read error occurred
> Press Ctrl + Alt + Del to restart"
>
> I hope this means that it has gotten better, not worse.
>
> Sam Sloan

I finally went out and bought a new computer. (I need to thank the
donor who gave me the money to buy it, because I was broke). However, I
still need to solve the problem because I have entire books that I was
readying for publication stored in that hard drive that will be lost to
humanity forever, if I cannot recover the date in that hard drive.

Yet, I know that the data is still there. Only I cannot access it.

After I got back my hard drive from Ephraim Hirshberg, who has a
company named Atomic Bytes, I attached it as a slave drive to my new
computer. I then found that the data on my bad hard drive could be
retrieved and transferred to my new computer by a simple copy command
copy *.*

After I transferred a few thousand files (but this was only a small
portion of the total data in my computer) I could a few programs that I
could not copy. Thinking that the problem had basically been solved, I
turned off the computer, and then turned it back on again.

When I turned it back on, the computer automatically ran CHKDSK on my
bad hard drive which was now a slave.

I let it run and this turned out to be a big mistake, because since
then I can not access my hard drive any more.

When I turn on my computer now, it starts to run CHKDSK now, but then
says:

"Unreadable master file table. CHKDSK aborted."

The Microsoft website says:

"Explanation: Chkdsk could not read the master file table or its mirror
on the NTFS volume. User Action: Reformat the NTFS volume. Then restore
the data from a backup."

This advice is useless because I do not have a backup and if I reformat
my hard drive I will lose my data.

I downloaded and ran a program called File Scavenger at
http://www.quetek.com/prod02.htm

I ran this program on my computer for eight hours. It seemed to be
recovering my files, but when I tried to open my files they were almost
all corrupted and unusable.

I ran the Windows XP Recovery Console which required the creation of 6
floppy disks. That did not help either.

When I just type J: (because my slave drive is now the J Drive) it
says: "Data Error Cyclic Redundancy Check".

I have tried to solve that problem but also without success.

Can anybody help? I would have given up long ago, but my data is vital.
Also, I know that the data and the files are still inside somewhere.

Sam Sloan

[Malke]

samsloan wrote:

> I finally went out and bought a new computer. (I need to thank the
> donor who gave me the money to buy it, because I was broke). However,
> I still need to solve the problem because I have entire books that I
> was readying for publication stored in that hard drive that will be
> lost to humanity forever, if I cannot recover the date in that hard
> drive.
>
> Yet, I know that the data is still there. Only I cannot access it.
>
> After I got back my hard drive from Ephraim Hirshberg, who has a
> company named Atomic Bytes, I attached it as a slave drive to my new
> computer. I then found that the data on my bad hard drive could be
> retrieved and transferred to my new computer by a simple copy command
> copy *.*
>
> After I transferred a few thousand files (but this was only a small
> portion of the total data in my computer) I could a few programs that
> I could not copy. Thinking that the problem had basically been solved,
> I turned off the computer, and then turned it back on again.
>
> When I turned it back on, the computer automatically ran CHKDSK on my
> bad hard drive which was now a slave.
>
> I let it run and this turned out to be a big mistake, because since
> then I can not access my hard drive any more.
>
> When I turn on my computer now, it starts to run CHKDSK now, but then
> says:
>
> "Unreadable master file table. CHKDSK aborted."
>
> The Microsoft website says:
>
> "Explanation: Chkdsk could not read the master file table or its
> mirror on the NTFS volume. User Action: Reformat the NTFS volume. Then
> restore the data from a backup."
>
> This advice is useless because I do not have a backup and if I
> reformat my hard drive I will lose my data.
>
> I downloaded and ran a program called File Scavenger at
> http://www.quetek.com/prod02.htm
>
> I ran this program on my computer for eight hours. It seemed to be
> recovering my files, but when I tried to open my files they were
> almost all corrupted and unusable.
>
> I ran the Windows XP Recovery Console which required the creation of 6
> floppy disks. That did not help either.
>
> When I just type J: (because my slave drive is now the J Drive) it
> says: "Data Error Cyclic Redundancy Check".
>
> I have tried to solve that problem but also without success.
>
> Can anybody help? I would have given up long ago, but my data is
> vital. Also, I know that the data and the files are still inside
> somewhere.

I'm sorry, but the only way to get your data back that I know of at this
point is to send the drive to a professional data recovery company like
Drive Savers (my preference) or Seagate Data Recovery. Unfortunately
for you, this is also very expensive.

General prices run from $500USD on up. Drive Savers recovered all the
data on a failed laptop drive for one of my clients and it cost $2,700.
He thought it was worth the money; only you know what your data is
worth. I understand that some insurance companies are now covering data
recovery charges under "Loss of Intellectual Property" so check with
yours.

Drive Savers - http://www.drivesavers.com
Seagate Data Recovery Services - https://www.seagatedatarecovery.com/.

You might want to call Drive Savers' toll-free number and tell them
about your drive and what you did. It will not cost you anything to get
their opinion about the chances of anyone retrieving your data.

Malke
--
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

[Ricky]

You can try this program for free to see it can get any data..if it does
then you can decide whether to pay for it or not. I've used it on a
formatted drive and it recovered all the data. It may help you too..
http://www.runtime.org/

"samsloan" > wrote in message
ups.com...
> samsloan wrote:
>> samsloan wrote:
>> > My Hard Disk is a Samsung SV4012H which you can read about here:
>> >
>> > http://www.samsung.com/in/products/harddiskdrives/5400rpm/sv4012h.asp
>> >
>> > A friend and chess expert Kevin R. believes that I can get access to
>> > the disk by making an ATA boot disk (another kind of boot disk will not
>> > do).
>> >
>> > How can I do that?
>> >
>> > Three days ago I took it to a hard disk revovery expert who has a
>> > website at
>> > http://www.sherlockdatarecovery.com
>> >
>> > He said that he could recover my data but it would take 7 to 10 hours
>> > at $95 per hour.
>> >
>> > Since I did not have the money, I took back my hard disk yesterday.
>> >
>> > In the two days he had it he made some changes. Previoisly, it would
>> > try to load windows and then snap off and restart after about 15
>> > seconds.
>> >
>> > Now, it does not start at all.
>> >
>> > I hope that the changes he made are for the good.
>> >
>> > I am still hoping for suggestions.
>> >
>> > Sam Sloan
>>
>> The data recovery expert, Ephraim Hirshberg, who has a company named
>> Atomic Bytes, made changes in my hard drive. Before it started Windows
>> XP, but restarted after only about 15 seconds, so I could never get
>> inside.
>>
>> Now, it does not start at all. It says:
>>
>> "A disk read error occurred
>> Press Ctrl + Alt + Del to restart"
>>
>> I hope this means that it has gotten better, not worse.
>>
>> Sam Sloan
>
> I finally went out and bought a new computer. (I need to thank the
> donor who gave me the money to buy it, because I was broke). However, I
> still need to solve the problem because I have entire books that I was
> readying for publication stored in that hard drive that will be lost to
> humanity forever, if I cannot recover the date in that hard drive.
>
> Yet, I know that the data is still there. Only I cannot access it.
>
> After I got back my hard drive from Ephraim Hirshberg, who has a
> company named Atomic Bytes, I attached it as a slave drive to my new
> computer. I then found that the data on my bad hard drive could be
> retrieved and transferred to my new computer by a simple copy command
> copy *.*
>
> After I transferred a few thousand files (but this was only a small
> portion of the total data in my computer) I could a few programs that I
> could not copy. Thinking that the problem had basically been solved, I
> turned off the computer, and then turned it back on again.
>
> When I turned it back on, the computer automatically ran CHKDSK on my
> bad hard drive which was now a slave.
>
> I let it run and this turned out to be a big mistake, because since
> then I can not access my hard drive any more.
>
> When I turn on my computer now, it starts to run CHKDSK now, but then
> says:
>
> "Unreadable master file table. CHKDSK aborted."
>
> The Microsoft website says:
>
> "Explanation: Chkdsk could not read the master file table or its mirror
> on the NTFS volume. User Action: Reformat the NTFS volume. Then restore
> the data from a backup."
>
> This advice is useless because I do not have a backup and if I reformat
> my hard drive I will lose my data.
>
> I downloaded and ran a program called File Scavenger at
> http://www.quetek.com/prod02.htm
>
> I ran this program on my computer for eight hours. It seemed to be
> recovering my files, but when I tried to open my files they were almost
> all corrupted and unusable.
>
> I ran the Windows XP Recovery Console which required the creation of 6
> floppy disks. That did not help either.
>
> When I just type J: (because my slave drive is now the J Drive) it
> says: "Data Error Cyclic Redundancy Check".
>
> I have tried to solve that problem but also without success.
>
> Can anybody help? I would have given up long ago, but my data is vital.
> Also, I know that the data and the files are still inside somewhere.
>
> Sam Sloan
>

[samsloan]

I wish to report that I have finally been able to recover most of the
data on my hard drive.

For this I have to thank Ephraim Hirshberg and his company, Atomic
Bytes. I was referred to him by J&R Computer World, where I had
purchased my computer in 2002.

His website is
http://www.sherlockdatarecovery.com

His address is

Ephraim Hirshberg
500A East 87th Street
New York NY 19128

On the corner of York Avenue.

212-249-9888
888-336-5130

Sam Sloan