Transferring files from a corrupt computer

I have a laptop with XP home that has a corrupt registry and will not load
windows. Is there any way I can get my desktop PC, also with XP home, to
recognise the hard drive on the laptop and pull of some files before I do a
system restore?

If you cannot boot the laptop or repair you would need to remove the hd and
connect it via an enclosure or directly to your working sys

"langholme" <langholme@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I have a laptop with XP home that has a corrupt registry and will not load
> windows. Is there any way I can get my desktop PC, also with XP home, to
> recognise the hard drive on the laptop and pull of some files before I do
a
> system restore?

langholme wrote:
> I have a laptop with XP home that has a corrupt registry and will not
> load windows. Is there any way I can get my desktop PC, also with XP
> home, to recognise the hard drive on the laptop and pull of some
> files before I do a system restore?

You have a couple of choices. One choice would be to get a notebook hard
drive to IDE connector and add the drive as a slave to a desktop system.
My preferred recommendation would be to get a USB external notebook hard
drive enclosure to extract the data.


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If you have a BartPE CD or you can find one, you can easily copy files or
even rescue the laptop.
http://jamestsay.blogspot.com/2005/...istry-file.html
Many people have experienced corrupt Registry problems. I wonder why Windows
cannot just pick the lastest good Registry from Restore Point when it
detects a corrupt one.

BartPE website: http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/

"langholme" <langholme@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I have a laptop with XP home that has a corrupt registry and will not load
> windows. Is there any way I can get my desktop PC, also with XP home, to
> recognise the hard drive on the laptop and pull of some files before I do
a
> system restore?

Thanks everyone, I can now sort this problem. However, James made a good
point about restore points! That would help everyone who had registry
problems surely?

"langholme" wrote:

> I have a laptop with XP home that has a corrupt registry and will not load
> windows. Is there any way I can get my desktop PC, also with XP home, to
> recognise the hard drive on the laptop and pull of some files before I do a
> system restore?

google for Erunt

"langholme" <langholme@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:ABD54AF1-7953-4B1F-93F3-0B9591C5E538@microsoft.com...
> Thanks everyone, I can now sort this problem. However, James made a good
> point about restore points! That would help everyone who had registry
> problems surely?
>
> "langholme" wrote:
>
> > I have a laptop with XP home that has a corrupt registry and will not
load
> > windows. Is there any way I can get my desktop PC, also with XP home, to
> > recognise the hard drive on the laptop and pull of some files before I
do a
> > system restore?