You hit the first R and not the second?

That error just states it cannot find the file system.

Anyway you want to hit the first R for Recovery Console and not the second R for Repair.

hi i am back, not good new at this end. when i start the comp and it is going tru the start up right after it detect my dvd drives it says

Sil 3112A SATARaid Bios version 4.2.24
press <ctrl+s> or f4 to enter Raid
0 wdc wd2500aaks-oovya 238475 mb drive not found.

when i was trying to get to the recovery console which i can't because i get that message that i posted. i enter the driver for the motherboard to recognize the sata drive

i wonder if my sata drive is ****ed up, i was trying to reinstall windows but i can't it won't let me get to it right after i press enter for set up i get that message the "stop errror". now when i first install windows i created a partition but i can't even get to that partition

How are you trying to reinstall?

A Clean Install?

Is this a retail CD or a Recovery CD? (manufactured computer)?

After choosing Setup you need to press F6 to load the SATA drivers. Did you get that far?

The hard drive manufacturer will have a diagnostic that you can run on the hard drive:

HDD Diag .................................................. ..........................

Hard Drive Diagnostics Tools and Utilities (Storage) - TACKtech Corp.

this is a real cd i bought xp home edition. i put the cd in and right at the begiining it ask to press f6 to load the driver which i did i had put it on a floppy which u show me how to do and it worked back then . then it goes tru the process of installing all the files, then i get to the point to press enter for seup or r to get to the recovery console. i have try both but right after that i get the stop error.
i have the cd that came with the hdd now do i need to put the file on a floppy or just insert the cd into the dvd/cd rom. and let it go

Who is the manufacturer of the hard drive?

it is wester digital, i booted from the cd but it gets to a point that says

A:\>echo off
NWCDEX.EXE Version 2.81 CD-ROM file handler.
copyright 1992 etc
Drive X: Driver 'generic' unit 0
Drive Y: Driver 'generic' unit 1
command or filename not recognized

and then i get a prompt

X:\>( blinking line)

OK. I don't know what is on your CD.

You need a "Diagnostic" program and not an "Installation" program.

The easiest is to make a floppy boot.

Western Digital has changed its site so I cannot look too far without all the model details but here is the starting page:

WD Support > Downloads > Select Product


Anyway the first step here is to verify that this drive is OK.

If it is you probably need to wipe it before reinstalling XP.

Why a driver would have caused this I have no idea so perhaps the drive itself did fail.


Anyway try to find the proper Diagnostic.

damn i have 2 drives so i selected the other one and now the wd cd boots ok i am creating a boot floppy

ok i was able to create a diagnostic boot floppy i am running an extended test now will let u now the result it says i got 50 min remaining.

i got a window above where the test is running, that tells me the info on the hdd like the model,s/n, firmware, c h s, capacity, drive and log file.

besides the drive it says

Drive : 0 Port : 0xB000 is this normal to say 0 port