Re: XP won't start, Can't use CD drive HeLp!! PLEASE!


"Anna" wrote:
Ronaldo's response to you mentions this possibility of transferring >>
the HDD to another PC and accessing the data this way. (He labels it >>
as a "worst case scenario" but in my view this would be the wisest >>
course at this point assuming I correctly understand your primary
objective).


"Ronaldo" <private_email5@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:umhcczalHHA.492@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
You're right Anna; but maybe I did not express myself correctly, I
meant to say; that recovering the files from a slave installation may >>
be the most difficult way to go about for someone that has no
knowledge about computers, has never opened one, and can't afford >> to
pay for the service; because it involves opening the box, removing >> the
HD, opening the guest computer, installing the HD with the right >>
jumper configuration, then removing it again and re-installing the
HD on the original computer, and that's not considering that some >>
computers are more difficult than others to open and to remove the >> HD.
Recovering the files would be the least difficult to do,
But then again files that can never be replaced are obviously more
important than the trouble taken to do the recovery.
(SNIP)


Ronaldo:
As a general proposition I agree with you in that I would not ordinarily
recommend that course of action for someone who's had zero experience in
working with PC hardware unless he or she fully understood that this was not
a trivial process and understood the implications involved and was willing
to accept the risk involved. Even then I would be apprehensive in
recommending that course of action.

However in this case Jennifer herself raised the possibility by pointingly
asking in her original post whether installing the problem HDD as a slave in
another machine to gain access to the data was, in effect, a viable option.
So at least there was *some* indication that she had *some* familiarity with
this type of operation. And, in any event, included in my response to her
was the caveat, to wit, "I'm assuming you have the competence to transfer
the HDD to another machine and install it as a secondary HDD". And I also
recommended that, if possible, she also consult a knowledgeable friend who
might help her along.
Anna


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