RE: XP Home System Files

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Malke,
Thanks. That gives me good ideas.
The Toshiba is a notebook, but I am creating a BartPE from an XP
Professional machine that will probably boot the XP Home machine. Then I
will copy all the data to CDs and do a clean install.

Dilip


"Malke" wrote:

> Dilip wrote:
>
> > Dennis,
> >
> > It is a Toshiba. The Toshiba recovery CD will only do a clean
> > re-install of
> > XP Home. I want to avoid that since I do not want to reformat the HD.
> > There is data on the HD I want to save.
> >
> > Thanks.
> > Dilip
> >
> > "Dixonian69" wrote:
> >
> >> What brand computer do you have?
> >> Don't you have "a" Recovery CD or set?
> >> --
> >> Dennis S.
> >> I''m from Illinois. I hope I helped you. Good Luck.
> >>
> >>
> >> "Dilip" wrote:
> >>
> >> > My computer w/XP Home won't boot since XP system files seem to be
> >> > corrupted. The XP came installed on the machine so I don't have the
> >> > XP CD to do a
> >> > repair. Is there a way to get around this and not have to do a
> >> > clean
> >> > install? I'd like to save the data on the HD.
> >> >
> >> > Thanks.
>
> This is the joy of only having a "Recovery CD". Borrow a real OEM XP CD
> matching your version (probably Home) and boot with it to do the
> repair. If no one you know has this, take the machine to a local
> professional shop which will have what is needed.
>
> Depending on the error you're getting, you might be able to just go into
> Recovery Console and take care of things. Before you go through finding
> a real OS disk, see if Toshiba installed the Recovery Console and has
> that as an option. It might be on the same boot option menu as Safe
> Mode, etc. (press F8 repeatedly at startup).
>
> You can also retrieve your data from a working hard drive even if
> Windows won't boot. You can either use a Bart's PE or Knoppix. Here is
> information about using Knoppix:
>
> An easy way to retrieve Windows files is to boot with Knoppix, a Linux
> distro on a live cd. You will need a computer with two cd drives, one
> of which is a cd/dvd-rw OR a usb thumb drive with enough capacity to
> hold your data. To get Knoppix, you need a computer with a fast
> Internet connection and third-party burning software. Download the
> Knoppix .iso from www.knoppix.net and create your bootable cd. Then
> boot with it and it will be able to see the Windows files. If you are
> using the usb thumb drive, right-click on its icon (on the Desktop) to
> get its properties and uncheck the box that says "Read Only". Then
> click on it to open it. Note that the default mouse action in the
> window manager used by Knoppix (KDE) is a single click to open instead
> of the traditional MS Windows' double-click. Otherwise, use the K3b
> burning program to burn the files to cd/dvd-r's.
>
> I would retrieve the data before doing anything else.
>
> Malke
> --
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> "Don't Panic!"
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>
.

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