Re: XP but starting and failing in Win98 - HELP
From: Collector (collectorNZ_at_2junkit.com)
Date: 07/18/04
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Date: Sun, 18 Jul 2004 19:13:50 +1200
Lewis said the following on 18/07/2004 18:46:
> I have win xp pro installed.
>
> Everything has been working fine - until....
>
> I decided to muck around inside the 'box'! Yes, I was an idiot.
>
> I bumped the data cable that goes on the DVD drive, only to see the screen
> then do allsorts of wondrous and terrifying things (colours symbols, then
> freezed up).
>
> Now, when I boot up it trys to start up in Win98 but fails in that (shows
> corrupted win.com and himem).
>
> I have tried everything I know in the command prompt, but everything I try
> just returns 'bad command'.
>
> I do not have the original XP disk (The guy I bought the pc from swore it
> was not pirated but had been lost when he moved house - he had just moved-so
> I gave his story some credence)
>
> Any ideas? Rescue disks? etc.
>
> I desperately need to access this HD as I am in the middle of a Masters
> degree and need data from the drive. Also have many documents on there that
> relate to volunteer work I do.
>
> Any help would be most appreciated.
>
> ps. I do have another HD with Win98 on, which is what I am using on the
> same pc now.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Trevor
>
>
>
Okay sounds like a win98 upgrade to XP, so it should be a fat/fat32 hdd,
you have stuffed the boot loader section but should (fingers crossed,
offer up first born etc) be able to access the HDD.
You need a boot disk or CD preferably a recovery CD of the small Linux
distro type which will let you get at the data first and foremost then
attempt to recover the boot loader. Do you have a CD writer in the
system, where abouts are you located, do you have access to another
machine with internet connection and CD burner???
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