Re: Windows XP crash



Svengali wrote:
As I mentioned in my reply, I am trying to fix the same problem. I
have few questions that I hope some one can answer. I have already
pulled the drive, connected it to my desktop, and backed it up to an
external USB drive using the Windows backup utility. However, I would
much rather just copying the Document and Setting folder to the USB
drive. I am not familiar with how the back-up works and how to
restore the data, etc.

When I tried to get into the Document & Settings folder, I got
"Accessed Denied". I tried to take ownership as directed in the KB,
but I was unsuccessful. Does any one know the answer to this problem?
I have admin rights on all accounts on both machines. Does my desktop
have to be booted in Safe Mode to get access to admin rights? I don't
understand why this happens since the backup utility copied the
folder without any problems.

Second, if I get one of these boot CDs, and can get to the DOS
prompt, will it allow me to copy the Document and Settings folder
directly from the laptop drive over to my external USB drive? I have
a Windows password on the machine but no boot password.

Third, if I elect to repair the registry by replacing it with an older
version that I know worked or follow the KB instructions for doing a
repair using the files from the System32 repair folder, will my data
stay intact? Also, how does it affect the programs installed? For
instance let's say that I installed a program that is not included in
the old registry files. Couldn't this lead to another crash when I
restart Windows? I am being really painstaking about this because
there are some applications that I am trying to save. Thanks.


"GreenieLeBrun" wrote:



MOB wrote:
I have Windows XP on my HP laptop computer. This morning, late for
an appointment, I hurriedly turned off my laptop manually because I
couldn't get out of one or two programs--Eudora and/or WordPerfect.
They were crossed on the screen and I received several messages re
"there was a problem, do you want to send a report. . ."

When I returned two hours later and turned on the computer, it
wouldn't boot into Windows. The Windows logo and blue progress
indicator come on, but then the screen gets dark and the HP screen
comes on.

Every 5 or 10 minutes, that routine repeats. I did the F-8 Last
Configuration . . ., but nothing changed.

I've never backed up my laptop -- it's not heavily loaded. There
are, however, a few document folders that are extremely important
to me, so I'm anxious about losing them.

Any suggestions?

Try booting from a "live" CD and copying the folders to a usb device.

Have a look at

BartPE ( http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/ )

Ultimate Boot CD for Windows http://www.ubcd4win.com/

Knoppix http://www.knoppix.org/


You should have just been able to drag your data to a new folder on your
desktop machine with out using the Backup utility.

The first two CDs boot up a version of XP, the last is a Linux OS. You may
need to have your USB device pluggen in and turned on when you boot the CDs.
The resultant OS (and I have used Ultimate Boot CD for Windows
http://www.ubcd4win.com/ successfully to recover data) treat your hard drive
as a data drive and you should have no problems just dragging the data to
the external device.

Things can and do go wrong so before fiddling around with the registry back
up your data.

One thing, if you have been using EFS you need to recover your encryption
keys etc otherwise your encrypted data will not be accessable if you
reinstall the OS.


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