BSOD then CHKDSK fails (RAW)

[david]

I have a Dell laptop running XP/3 pro. I think I have some malware issues as my computer started giving me a pop-up, ostensibly from Windows Security, telling me I picked up a Trojan. Of course, to remove it I had to go and download some spyware program. . . Not downloading it, the pop up would come back about every minute. I ran my McAfee virus scan, Crap Cleaner, and some other tools but the pop-up continues. When it finally seemed to stop appearing, the BSOD would shut me down, Page File errors. I would try to run chkdsk with the /f /r at reboot. Instead of NTFS, it said RAW, and chkdsk stops. I can't run Defrag either.
Now I have ZAR. IS there no other way to fix the RAW issue without letting ZAR recover my entire drive, send it to an external drive, and reformat/reload windows plus all the updates, then pull these hundred or so "recovered fragments" ZAR created from my external drive, rename them all, and see if they are worth keeping? I mean, dang, I'm working on the laptop now. I just never know when I am gonna get the blue screen and lose what I'm doing. There has to be something I am missing in this whole thing?? Advice appreciated. Thanks

[Alexey V. Gubin]

IS there no other way to fix the RAW issue without letting ZAR recover my entire drive, send it to an external drive, and reformat/reload windows plus all the updates,

Unfortunately, you have to do it. There is nothing faster I can suggest.
The only thing is, you'd better review fragments BEFORE reinstalling Windows, pulling updates, and so on. This way you can make another attempt in case the fragments are "not good enough".