Re: software and hardware problem

install win2k on new hard drive, hook up failing drive as a
slave and copy all the needed info across to new drive

Geoff

"Colleen" <cec1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:JlPff.2569$N45.1041@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> I am posting this to several newsgroups, as I am not sure
which is the
> most appropriate one for this problem. I am having major
problems with
> one of my computers due to what I believe is an impending
hard drive
> failure. All my important files are backed up, so I am
not concerned
> about any catastrophic loss of data, but I would like to
copy all my
> folders containing archived email and other older files.
>
> I managed to re-install Windows 2000 Professional in the
hope that would
> allow me to copy everything to a zipdrive. However, I was
not able to
> install some software I needed because something was wrong
with the
> video drivers. When I tried to access the drivers from
the CD that came
> with my monitor, I got a message saying that the monitor
resolution
> would not allow accessing that CD. The display settings
in "Control
> Panel" only allowed setting to 16-bit color. When I did a
cold boot to
> see if the correct drivers would load, I got an error
message that said
> that something was wrong with the video driver and
"beginning a dump of
> physical memory". (I could not actually fully read the
message, because
> it was visible only for a second, and then the system
rebooted.) I am
> able to boot into the pseudo-DOS state that you can get
into with
> Windows 98, but I am now not able to get Windows 2000 to
load. It
> starts to load, and then I get the blue screen with the
messages about
> the video drivers and "beginning dump...".
>
> Can anyone offer me any advice about how to get Windows
2000 to load so
> that I can copy files to my zipdrive? I have tried
hooking an ethernet
> cable to the CPU and the zipdrive, but it does not seem to
work in the
> Windows 98 pseudo-DOS environment.
>
> I would be grateful for any assistance.
> Colleen



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