Ultimate Boot CD

Update: Using Ranish, I tried to modify the properties on the main partition, to start at Cyl: 0, Head: 0, Sect: 2. Saved, rebooted, and now I see on booting in FreeDOS "No NTFS drives recognised - exiting" when I try NTFS support. Using Partition Table Doctor fixes the partition (apparent...

Hello, I'm no idiot when it comes to computers, but it seems every problem I get over the years gets more difficult, and I've finally conceded defeat as this is something I just cannot figure out. I'm sure it's simple, but I just can't get my head around it. Fiancees laptop HDD suddenly switched off...