I had a "disk read error" and it looks like I have to access the Windows Recovery Console to run "chkdsk /r" and "fixboot /mbr". But I can't figure out how to access the Windows Recovery Console. I have installed a new VM (two actually) on my machine, but the repair option does not appear as it would if booting from CD on a windows machine (according to my tech support folks). When booting the VM, I can't figure out how to issue the F12 fast enough to interrupt the boot. Advice most appreciated.
Thanks, but how can I get Parallels to issue the F12 during reboot as required fast enough to interrupt the boot? If I use Action/Send Key/F12 it takes too long and the VM will have already booted. Thanks.
Windows Recovery Console -- is it hung? I booted to CD/ROM to try to access Windows Recovery Console and was able to type "R" to go into the recovery console. But my CD has been spinning for 40+ minutes, the Mac Activity Monitor shows lots of activity -- 52 minutes of CPU time, 4.7 million unix system calls, etc., all increasing steadily. But the Parallels window from shows no activity in the icons on the lower left for keyboard, disk, network, etc. Is this normal, or should I kill it and try again? Thanks.
Try to create ISO image 1. Insert CD/DVD source 2. Fire up a Terminal, you can then determine the device that is you CD/DVD drive using the following command: $ drutil status Vendor Product Rev MATSHITA DVD-R UJ-835E GAND Type: DVD-ROM Name: /dev/disk1 Cur Write: 8x DVD Sessions: 1 Max Write: 8x DVD Tracks: 1 Overwritable: 00:00:00 blocks: 0 / 0.00MB / 0.00MiB Space Free: 00:00:00 blocks: 0 / 0.00MB / 0.00MiB Space Used: 364:08:27 blocks: 1638627 / 3.36GB / 3.13GiB Writability: Book Type: DVD-ROM 3. Umount the disk with the following command: $ diskutil unmountDisk /dev/disk1 Disk /dev/disk1 unmounted 4. Create the ISO file with the dd utility (may take some time): $ dd if=/dev/disk1 of=file.iso bs=2048
Re: You can find the assistance from http://support.microsoft.com/ but incase you lost your data don't be panic it can be recovered by data recovery software like Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery software which is preferably quite efficient and powerful recovery tool....
