Re: Boot Floppy

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Lan,

After messing around with the BIOS I finally got it to recognize a USB CDROM
(had to find a really old one). Now I can use all my normal tools and should
be fine.

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Claus
"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
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"Claus" <cjobes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Thanks Henry,
The darn thing will not recognize a USB CDROM. I will have a look at
Steve's tool. I don't care how long it takes.

I agree with Henry - get a USB enclosure for the drive & attach it to
another working computer.... copy out the data you need.

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Claus
"Henry Craven {SBS-MVP}" <sme@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Sorry Claus.. missed that the Lappy didn't have a CD drive....
.....too much haste too little concentration.
It's usually the other way...

I have used Steve Gibson's Spinrite but that was the previous
version...and while excellent it took
foooooorrrrrreeeeeevvvvvveeeeeerrrr
http://www.grc.com/intro.htm

You could pop the drive in an external USB 2 enclosure
( may not work if the disk was Password protected )

Or use an external USB CD on the Laptop
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Henry Craven {SBS-MVP}



"Claus" <cjobes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Henry,

I just had a look at it and it's not what I'm searching for. I was
after a program that would boot off a floppy, make the C drive
accessible and the recover deleted files. With GetDataBack (if I
understand it right) I would mount the laptop drive remotely.







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