Anilrgowda

Question

I have a 5 month old DELL XPS 400. I have lots of digital photo files (only some backed up to a separate hard drive), video files and Vectorworks drafting files & my Quickbooks bookkeeping files......so I am very freaked out right now!! PLEASE HELP!!

While trying to upload photos from my new Finepix F30 camera (after installing software), the system shut down cold turkey. I never did get the system to recognize the USB connection directly from the camera--- which is weird in itself. I am assuming this is somehow related.
I had no choice put to power-off the tower. When I tried to power up, here's what I got:
Checking file system on C:
The type of file system is NTFS
The volume is dirty. (what does that mean?!?)
CHKDSK is verifying files (stage 1 of 3)
File verification is completed.
CHKDSK is verifying indexes (stage 2 of 3)
.....and it stops at 24% (did this twice & it stopped in the same place)

I tried to start up the system in SAFE MODE by hitting CTR+F8 from a cold boot....but it goes right into Windows XP & the CHKDSK thing.

I turn to the gurus of Experts Exchange.....please save me!

Solution

While researching about the problem with STOP error 0xD1 and "iastor.sys", I found this page:

http://www.ydeologi.com/2006/04/26/d...de-0x000000d1/