Back up options after possible hard drive crash

From: Towaki Komatsu (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 02/19/04 

Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2004 21:25:44 -0800

After having tested a possible solution earlier today, I'm
adding a second posting to try to find out how I might be
able to enable the "write" functionality of a read-write
CD-Rom drive that is accessed after booting up in Safe
Mode with a Command Prompt. After booting up my system
that runs Windows XP Professional this way to find out if
my friend might possibly be able to backup her files by
copying them to a rewritable CD-Rom, I received a message
indicating that there was no disk in my CD-Rom drive after
I tried writing a file to a re-writable CD-Rom while there
was in fact a disk in the drive.

>-----Original Message-----
>Monday, February 16, 2004 6:57 p.m. Central time
>
>After learning last week that a friend has recently been
>getting both "Operating System Not Found" and "Beginning
>Dump of Physical Memory" on her Sony Vaio VX88 laptop
with
>Windows XP Professional installed, I am hoping that
>someone may be able to suggest what options are available
>to her to backup her data before she may need to have her
>hard drive replaced. Also, she indicated that she is
>hearing a ticking sound that seems to be coming from the
>hard drive.
>
>To try to help her fix the problem, I already had her
boot
>up in Safe Mode successfully, then do error-checking on
>her hard drive, followed by Disk Defragmenting on it
too.
>However, in the case of defragmenting her drive, once the
>process reached 85% complete, a "Beginning Dump of
>Physical Memory" message appeared.
>
>Some of the possible backup options that I've thought
>might work include:
>
>a) attaching a Zip or Jazz drive to her laptop;
>b) connecting her laptop to another computer by using a
>null-modem connection after booting up in Safe Mode with
>Networking Support;
>c) seeing if she can somehow connect her laptop to the
LAN
>at her office, then either moving her files from her
>laptop to another workstation in the office or to an e-
>mail message as an attachment.
>
>Also, in the event that she needs to have her hard drive
>replaced, approximately how much will it likely cost?
>
>In any event, thank you in advance for your assistance.
>.
>

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