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IBM 2.8GhzP4, 256Mb, Windows XP Home Preload SW. Returned from hurricane
evacuation and was only able to access dialup only, not DSL. Able to pull
email, didnt access anything I didnt know. ONLY pertinent email. Machine
started acting up so signed off. Later signed on and it goes thru the normal
startup and gets to the desktop screen with icons. Appears to be ok, but it
Stops at that point...cant access icons, cant sign off, and arrow cursor
turns into hourglass on bottom status bar and "start button." Called IBM and
went thru HW diagnostics. All seems to be fine. Assumption is that Windows
OS hickup or got a bug. I had up to date virus definitions from Norton AV.
I committed the cardinal sin. Was working on several personal files and did
not save to disk or CD. Smack me later, ok. NEED to recover files asap.
Also tried to put HDD as a slave to another machine, but it failed to
recognize the HDD, even with jumpers. Suggestions... I cannot format the
HDD and start from scratch....I NEED to recover the data. Have no idea where
to start at this point. Please help asap..........
evacuation and was only able to access dialup only, not DSL. Able to pull
email, didnt access anything I didnt know. ONLY pertinent email. Machine
started acting up so signed off. Later signed on and it goes thru the normal
startup and gets to the desktop screen with icons. Appears to be ok, but it
Stops at that point...cant access icons, cant sign off, and arrow cursor
turns into hourglass on bottom status bar and "start button." Called IBM and
went thru HW diagnostics. All seems to be fine. Assumption is that Windows
OS hickup or got a bug. I had up to date virus definitions from Norton AV.
I committed the cardinal sin. Was working on several personal files and did
not save to disk or CD. Smack me later, ok. NEED to recover files asap.
Also tried to put HDD as a slave to another machine, but it failed to
recognize the HDD, even with jumpers. Suggestions... I cannot format the
HDD and start from scratch....I NEED to recover the data. Have no idea where
to start at this point. Please help asap..........