Baron wrote:
> John Doue wrote:
>
>> - Bobb - wrote:
>>> Sorry, I should have explained it all at first:
>>>
>>> While running scandisk it lost power ( battery was out too) and when
>>> restarted then went to " System was not shut down normally" screen
>>> and choices of Safe Mode, Normally, Last good etc
>>> None of them work. they all do this:
>>>
>>> See XP logo and if I enable debugging I see services start until I
>>> see MUP.SYS and a few seconds later it reboots.
>>>
>>> I disabled " restart upon failure" from F8 and then I see a blue
>>> screen and ' somehting like ' System has problem - disable any disk
>>> utilities,
>>> run checkdsk/f and retry '.
>>>
>>> Same thing no matter which choice. I'm not sure what Windows is
>>> TRYING to do when it fails.
>>> I booted Knoppix from Cd and I can see all files/folders OK.
>>> With Fix-It8, I can add an external USB drive and copy files/folders
>>> from laptop to that USB disk fine.
>>> I've been limited as to space on the USB drive so copying 15gb and
>>> then delete it, and copy another 15gb ( Yeah there IS a lot of stuff
>>> - movies,pictures from past few years vacations.
>>>
>>> I looked up at HP.com and see that if I press f11 at boot time I can
>>> ( and DO ) get to a menu to reformat to factory, but would LIKE to
>>> 'repair XP' is possible and then use laptop as it was.
>>> What I don't know is - can I boot up a MICROSOFT XP CD ( not the HP
>>> RECOVERY CD) and choose repair, and hopefully get XP working again ?
>>> If I choose REPAIR do I need license info ???
>>>
>>> I have the 3 backup DVD's that I made when I first turned it on and I
>>> also BOUGHT the restore DVD's (2) from HP. BUT (I think) they will
>>> all reformat back to factory. I would like to avoid that and to also
>>> LEARN how to deal with OEM XP install recoveries.
>>>
>>> Thanks Very Much.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> "JTJersey" <> wrote in message
>>> news:HLzyj.8$...
>>>> On Fri, 29 Feb 2008 17:52:27 -0500, - Bobb - wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Anyone familiar with this ?
>>>>> I'd like some advice from anyone that has used this successfully to
>>>>> retiieve data off a dead pc.
>>>>>
>>>>> I've been trying it to back up a folder and it APPEARS to be hung,
>>>>> but the gui hasn't changed all day. It WAS copying data slowly and
>>>>> for hours looks hung. I went to their website and found NO help.
>>>>>
>>>> <snip>
>>>>
>>>> Are you attempting to retrieve data from a hard drive or looking for
>>>> information about a piece of software? How is the PC "dead" by the
>>>> way? If the hard drive still spins, pull it out of the PC and plug
>>>> into a good system, either with a USB conversion or simply plug it
>>>> into an IDE or SATA
>>>> socket on the good PC's motherboard. It will then show up as a
>>>> slave and you can access that hard drive with whatever operating
>>>> system your using. If your hard drive is not spinning at all when
>>>> it's powered up, forget
>>>> about it. It's gone.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Registered Linux User #267152
>>>>
>> I am not clear about how Fix It comes into play in your problem: "With
>> Fix-It8, I can add an external USB drive and copy files/folders
>> from laptop to that USB disk fine". What do you mean? Booting from
>> fix-it recovery cd? If this is the case, have you run its utility to
>> check the condition of your disk and partitions ?
>>
>> Are you confused about data recovery because the Ontrack company that
>> specialized today in Data recovery, I believe, was the previous owner
>> of
>> the Fix-It software ? And any way, from what you say, your problem
>> does not appear to be data recovery, but repair of a Windows system.
>>
>> Any way, from what I gather, you do have a corrupted Windows system
>> and if using Restore has not allowed you to get back on your feet, a
>> Repair is the first thing to try. You can also look into the utilites
>> under Recovery tab of the Fix-It utilitie after booting to the program
>> disk or the emergency disk you seem to have. Normally, when it is
>> installed,
>> Fix-It creates its own restore point and you have nothing to lose at
>> this point to see it can help you out.
>>
>> I have no precise idea what what kind of problems you will be facing
>> if you try a Repair using a regular XP disk. Hopefully, someone will
>> help you figure this out.
>
> Use the correct XP CD and "repair install" ! Your license key is on the
> sticker attached to your computer. Look underneath !
Did you read the OP's post? If he had the "correct XP CD", do you think
he would ask the questions he is asking?
--
John Doue
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