Re: No Windows
- From: Skye <Skye@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2008 06:33:01 -0700
Thanks for your time!!
Yes, I was pressing F8 too soon, however, whichever method I choose I still
get the missing file screen.
Yes, I tried to restore the broken installation with a backup and it failed
but I used the programme to repair bad sectors and file system errors but I'm
still at the same stage. I might add that I have several different CD's with
full hard disk back-ups on at various times throughout the year but none of
them will work, inserting the disks (including the boot disk) and nothing
happens, no cursor or anything.
I am not unduly bothered about recovering private files as they are already
backed up elsewhere but I have no idea how to reinstall/restore Windows from
scratch so maybe that should be the issue right now. Will the set of
downloaded floppies mentioned earlier do it?
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"John John (MVP)" wrote:
You are pressing a bit too soon when the computer boots, let it get a.
bit farther past the BIOS/POST screens and repeatedly tap the the F8 key
just before Windows starts to boot.
I'm not sure what you mean by:
"I also have a mass storage device attached to the broken PC with a full
hard disk back-up on it but it won't restore, gets 37% and then fails."
Are you saying that you tried to restore the broken installation with a
backup? If you have tried to restore the drive by copying a backup over
the failed Windows installation and it fails at 37% of the copy/restore
operation you can forget about recovering the installation by means of
the instructions provided earlier, the installation is destroyed. You
should now handle your problem as a data recovery operation. Mount the
failed Windows disk in your USB enclosure/other computer and recover
your private files then reinstall/restore Windows from scratch.
If you did not try to write to the broken Windows disk then you can
still try the procedure mentioned earlier. Please let us know where you
are at, I don't mind helping you further along with the recovery but I
don't want to post possible fixes that might not be of any help if the
disk was overwritten with a backup.
If you did not overwrite the disk and if you do want to try to recover
the installation then you will either have to use the Recovery Console
or you will have to remove the disk from the broken computer and mount
it in your other desktop or in the USB enclosure so that you can examine
the disk and copy files by using the working computer.
John
Skye wrote:
The choices I have when I press F8 are
1st Floppy Drive
PM_NEC DVD_RW
PS-SONY DVD-ROM
4M -SAMSUNG
ST352 etc etc
it just send me round in circles, back to the screen with the missing file
problem.
Yes, I have this additional XP PC which I'm now using instead. I also have a
mass storage device attached to the broken PC with a full hard disk back-up
on it but it won't restore, gets 37% and then fails. I also have a small 40GB
USB portable drive but I don't know how to copy the files onto the broken PC
if I can't get past the missing/currupt screen.
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