Re: XP Pro

When you boot in normally, you get a blank screen with nothing on it,except a
mouse pointer ? Try Ctrl+Alt+Del and ending any program thats keeping the
system busy. It might be that its trying to update the files but cant find
them.

-Ram

"JB" wrote:

> Yes, however it didn't work! When I restart it looks like it is booting into
> XP however when the Windows XP screen goes away and you are about to get the
> desktop the screen just goes black with hte mouse pointer showing and moving
> but that's all. I will do a re-install but then I would loose my financial
> data. My most recent backup of this data is two weeks old, my bad, and yes I
> know better however I got busy and forgot to backup the files. Also when I
> go to the dos screen I can cd to the root of C: drive and I find the files,
> but it won't let me save them to cd. I believe there is a way of
> reinstalling the os files from the I386 directory on the os cd but I can't
> find the tool to use.
>
> JB
>
> JB
>
> "MCR" wrote:
>
> > JB wrote:
> > > I have a HP Laptop and it was updating a security patch this past Tuesday.
> > > During the update the laptop froze up and I went to place it in hibernation
> > > mode and rebooted it by mistake. I have some finacial info on this laptop
> > > and I need the files. I have attempted to do a repair recovery through the
> > > XP pro cd, however all I get to is a dos mode screen is there anything that I
> > > can do via this screen to recover my files? Any help would be appreciated!
> > >
> > > JB
> >
> > You went into recovery console. Reboot using the CD again... chose
> > install as the first option instead, then repair an install is one of
> > the options on the second menu
> >
> > --
> > MCR
> > MAME(tm) - History In The Making
> > www.pleasure-dome.org.uk
> >
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