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Winxp-pro SATA / AHCI / cannot run Defrag chkdsk etc

G

Graham

Flightless Bird
Looks like may of gone 'too' far ,

pc is running using sata-2 hard drives (x2) , installed is the
intel ICH10R driver . gigabyte m-board set to achi? / ide ... hard
drives c-d/e-f , 1 sata dvd 1 ide dvd drive

I now find that I cannot run any of the windows boot tools ..
comes up with 'cannot access volume' and then boots

tried to run the win-xp install disk .. runs .. then after
installing the sata drive . comes up with error message , linked
to volume data drive D and stalls .. with no drive .. cannot
access the volume

so at this point , cannot run the install cd to change anything
and the only way to dfrag the drives is to use the on line MS-
tune up tool .

I can see reference to the problems on the web .... with no
'fix'


SO .. how to get the pc back .. If I set the MB to IDE , it
will see the drives , but what will windows do ?

If I run set up , assume it will revert to the legacy ide
drivers ?

Is there a way to run the disk tools , with the pc as-is ,
anything that can be downloaded as the windows versions are out
of reach ??

tnx - G.
 
S

Shenan Stanley

Flightless Bird
Graham wrote:
> Looks like may of gone 'too' far ,
>
> pc is running using sata-2 hard drives (x2) , installed is the
> intel ICH10R driver . gigabyte m-board set to achi? / ide ...
> hard drives c-d/e-f , 1 sata dvd 1 ide dvd drive
>
> I now find that I cannot run any of the windows boot tools ..
> comes up with 'cannot access volume' and then boots
>
> tried to run the win-xp install disk .. runs .. then after
> installing the sata drive . comes up with error message , linked
> to volume data drive D and stalls .. with no drive .. cannot
> access the volume
>
> so at this point , cannot run the install cd to change
> anything and the only way to dfrag the drives is to use the
> on line MS- tune up tool .
>
> I can see reference to the problems on the web .... with no
> 'fix'
>
>
> SO .. how to get the pc back .. If I set the MB to IDE , it
> will see the drives , but what will windows do ?
>
> If I run set up , assume it will revert to the legacy ide
> drivers ?
>
> Is there a way to run the disk tools , with the pc as-is ,
> anything that can be downloaded as the windows versions are out
> of reach ??
>
> tnx - G.


Try to explain what you did (what you changed) that led to this point.

I can somehow decipher that you cannot run certain Windows 'disk utilities'
now - but beyond that - I think you are assuming everyone online was
watching you get to this point - and - I know I wasn't there.

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
 
G

Graham

Flightless Bird
Re: Winxp-pro SATA / AHCI / cannot run Defrag chkdsk etc

On Aug 1, 3:58 pm, "Shenan Stanley" <newshel...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Graham wrote:
> > Looks like may of gone 'too'  far ,

>
> > pc is  running  using  sata-2  hard drives  (x2)  , installed is the
> > intel  ICH10R  driver . gigabyte  m-board set to  achi? / ide ....
> > hard drives  c-d/e-f ,  1 sata dvd  1 ide dvd  drive

>
> > I now  find that I cannot  run any of the windows  boot tools  ...
> > comes up  with  'cannot  access  volume'  and then  boots

>
> > tried to  run the  win-xp  install  disk  .. runs ..  then  after
> > installing the  sata  drive . comes up  with  error message , linked
> > to  volume data  drive  D and  stalls .. with no  drive .. cannot
> > access  the  volume

>
> > so  at this point , cannot  run the  install  cd to  change
> > anything and the  only  way  to  dfrag the  drives is to  use the
> > on line  MS- tune up tool .

>
> > I can see  reference to  the  problems on the  web ....  with no
> > 'fix'

>
> > SO .. how to  get the  pc back  .. If  I set the  MB to  IDE , it
> > will  see  the  drives , but  what will  windows do ?

>
> > If I run  set up  , assume it  will  revert to the legacy ide
> > drivers ?

>
> > Is there  a  way  to  run the  disk tools  , with the  pcas-is ,
> > anything  that  can be  downloaded as the  windows  versions are out
> > of reach ??

>
> > tnx - G.

>
> Try to explain what you did (what you changed) that led to this point.
>
> I can somehow decipher that you cannot run certain Windows 'disk utilities'
> now - but beyond that - I think you are assuming everyone online was
> watching you get to this point - and - I know I wasn't there.
>
> --
> Shenan Stanley
>      MS-MVP
> --
> How To Ask Questions The Smart Wayhttp://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html




Ok So go to disk properties ....... error checking .. select
auto fix ... error message ' needs to run at re-start.

re-boot and chkdsk reports ntfs file system, cannot access
volume , fails to run and boots into windows

with window's running ...

by -not- checking the 2 tic boxes .. chdsk runs , reports phase
- , then phase 2 .. then reports 'cannot complete' stops and
closes

QQQ how to run disk utilities .. will not run in re-boot
mode .. or directly from windows ?

is this caused by the intel -sata disk driver ??
 
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