A better solution would be to replace your laptop's optical drive with
one that works or, if your BIOS permits booting from a usb device,
purchase a usb optical drive.
Malke
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Re: Replacing Hard drive ... I did not get any error messages, simply nothing happened after the Laptop... the repair install went through but when it rebooted, once again nothing, the ... still no boot, I ran the XP CD MBR but still nothing. ...MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User ... (microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware)
Re: Safe mode VS. Normal Boot ... On a PC - not Laptop - there are minimal drivers loaded. ...MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User ... If you let the PC boot... | allow me to boot in safe mode.... (microsoft.public.windowsxp.general)
RE: mlock(1) ...laptop against, what is their level of commitment, and what on the laptop are you ... The thingwe are trying to protect in the swap space are the ram images of the ... cryptoswap key at every boot and then throw it away. ... Any "restore" methodology can be attacked by definition because the attacker can ... (Linux-Kernel)
Re: Windows will not boot under any circumstances! ... want to see if your laptop will boot. ...Recovery Process from the Partition get before it fails? ... Then try to see if it will boot.... you mentioned that i could use AVG to make a bootable CD/DVD thingy... ... (microsoft.public.windows.mediacenter)
Re: Windows XP crash ... much rather just copying the Document and Setting folder to the USB ... Second, if I get one of these boot CDs, and can get to the DOS ... a Windows password on the machine but no boot password. ... I hurriedly turned off my laptop manually because I ... (microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support)
