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Unable to capture blue screen of death during boot

During boot of a compaq nc6220 I receive a blue screen.  I am unable to capture the error information by hitting the function pause key.  Put drive in a enclosure hoping to salvage the data but it says drive is not formatted.  The properties show the drive as having a file system of RAW.   I did put the drive in another laptop of the same model which showed the same signs, to rule out the MB.
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It's essential to get the information of the blue screen. Take your digicam and make a movie while the bluescreen happens. If you've got the information of the BSOD, post it here.

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Kurt
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Thanks for the suggestions.  I will try those solutions and post back.
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Thanks LeeTutor,  I disabled the automatic reboot and now am able to see the error.  The error I receive is unmountable_boot_volume.
Technical information:
*** STOP:  0x000000ED  (0x89EA0590, 0xC000014F,0x00000000,0x00000000)

BTW,  tenaj  I tried the spinrite but I am still unable to read the drive.  Is there any way to get past this error so that the drive contents can be recovered?
The info from this page may be of some help:

http://aumha.org/a/stop.htm
TROUBLESHOOTING
WINDOWS STOP MESSAGES

0x000000ED: UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME
(Click to consult the online Win XP Resource Kit article.)
The kernel mode I/O subsystem attempted to mount the boot volume and it failed. This error also might occur during an upgrade to Win XP on systems that use higher throughput ATA disks or controllers with incorrect cabling. In some cases, your system might appear to work normally after you restart.
0x000000ED: UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME {KB 297185} Win XP (During reboot while upgrading to Win XP)
0x000000ED Error Message When Volume on IDE Drive with Caching Enabled Is Mounted {KB 315403} Win XP (NTFS volumes on some IDE drives)


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hm.. either the disk is severely damaged or the partition table has been deleted.

Get a copy of a disk recovery tool and try to reconstruct the partition table (if that is the problem).

http://www.acronis.com/enterprise/products/diskdirectorsuite/partition-recovery.html
http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk
http://www.techddi.com/
http://www.stellarinfo.com/partition-recovery.htm
http://trinityhome.org/Home/index.php?wpid=1&front_id=12

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Kurt
montero284,

Kukno is right that there is some serious drive damage.  My favorite data recovery (that let's you do a raw recover as well as many other things) is Ontrack EasyRecovery Professional.  I use version 6.12.02.  Unfortunately it doesn't work with Vista though.

-tenaj
Kurt,  I'm having a problem running test disk under DOS.  Could I make this scenario worse by running FIXMBR?  When I try to run CHKDSK it says that the volume appears to contain one or more unrecoverable problems.
I'm trying to run the RAW recovery now thru Easy recovery.  Looks like its gonna run a long time.  I'll keep my fingers crossed.
@montero284: Yes you could make things worse!

Please be carefull. If possible, create a full disk  image first (Acronis, Symantec GHOST, Ghost4Linux, etc.). Then you can try anyone of the mentioned Tools. CHKDSK is not "intelligent" enough to rely on it. ;-)
Doesn't look like its working unfortunately.  Its still at 0% after a 1/2 hour.  Back to the question before.  What are the possible implications of running FIXMBR on this drive?
I've never had an issue running FIXMBR and Ive used it many many times. But theoretically it could mess up how the files are organized to the point that you have to use recovery software to retrieve them.  Did you try the Format recovery thru Easy recovery, or any of the other options?
Thanks Kukno.  Sorry didnt see your previous post.  I will try to do a ghost image.  Thanks again.
Since I cannot boot to windows I'm using the DOS Easy recovery.  Unfortunately it is unable to recognize the file system when trying to identify the partition.
Try TestDisk (see link above). I had some success with it. However, no guarantee! ;-) It depends on the damages on your disk.
I forgot to mention the Live CDs that contain TestDisk: http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk_Livecd
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