scanning and repairing drive

Hi
I Have just managed to use raw copy to copy a corrupted hard drive on to a partition on my laptop. I then converted it successfully onto a separate partition.

After shutting down my laptop I tried to use it later on and found that it wouldnt boot up fully. The message says scanning and repairing drive 36%. one hour later it still displayed the same screen. I can only assume that it is the raw partition causing this. I am using windows 8 pro, not the upgrade. Any ideas? Many thanks.

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For the old HDD,Check the hard drive with the manufacturer's diagnostic tools.

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


For migrating the OS from old HDD to new Hdd.
http://www.eightforums.com/installation-setup/17083-how-migrate-os-new-hard-disk.html
You may find the old HDD is to corrupted to use.

Hi thanks for the reply. I am completely new to this. Once I'd used Raw copy software to copy the old corrupted hard drive onto partition (H) on my laptop I threw the old one away. I then installed easeus on to partition (C). I managed to successfully convert the source raw partition (H) and save it on partition (C). Everything was there, brill piece of kit, I thought I'd lost it forever. I then shut down my computer. Later on I turned on my computer and it wouldnt boot fully, it froze with a message saying "scanning and repairing hard drive 36%". I think the (H) partition being RAW is the reason for this. Is there a way of bypassing windows and formatting this partition to NTFS so windows will start normally.
Thanks

I then installed easeus on to partition (C).

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Did you a use a fully supported Windows 8 version?

Is there a way of bypassing windows and formatting

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Yes, but you will lose all DATA.

You could try Paragon free try Rescue kit:
Rescue Kit Free Edition | PARAGON Software Group - free partition software, hard disk partitioning

yes, easeus pro. I have converted the RAW drive (H) onto drive (C) so I am more than happy to lose all the data on drive (H).
thanks

You can use Disk Management or Easeus Pro to format the H partition.
Once it's formatted you won't be able to get any data from it, some recovery tools may work but not guaranteed.

Thanks for the reply Dave. The problem I have is that windows wont boot u. It stays on the scanning and repairing screen and freezes up once it reaches 36%. I left it for 1 hour and it was still on 36% with the circular thing still spinning round like it was still trying to repair the drive but not getting very far. I really need to bypass this screen. Is there a way of bypassing check disk on start up so I can run disk management and format the RAW partition that I think is causing this problem. Thanks

Your Easeus Pro should have a CD or USB memory stick version. Boot from that and delete/format the H partition.
See if your OS will boot.

When you boot your system, when check disk comes up it should give you a choice to run it or not.

May be worth Checking the hard drive with the manufacturer's diagnostic tools.

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

I downloaded the trial version and bought the key after the trial. Trouble is I downloaded and installed it on to the (C) partition on the laptop. I could download it again and dump it on cd. I'm not sure if the laptop would boot from that. There also doesnt appear to be a message as Ive seen with all other windows versions saying press F2 or whatever to get into the bios to alter my boot to cd
Thanks again.

Don't see Easeus Pro on their site.
Most of these types of software have a CD/USB stick version that you can download from their site or from the program itself.
They are a great tool for working on OS won't boot issues.
For reference: How to create EaseUS Partition Master WinPE bootable disk?

If you can't the the bootable version from EaseUS, then get the free Partition Wizard Home Edition.
MiniTool® Partition Wizard Bootable Flash Drive
This will easily delete/format the H partition.

Then I would do as theog recommended: Check the hard drive with the manufacturer's diagnostic tools.