Cant start XP

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Pete Cumberland

Help!!!!!

I am having problems with my friends Dell computer which seemed to be
related to memory issues and possible missing/corrupted files. Whatever the
problem was it is now rather redundant.

I was preparing to reload all of the software to solve this problem and was
backing up various folders to an external hard drive. All I had left to do
was back up "Documents Settings" and one file in the root directory, perhaps
a bit of overkill but the quickest thing to do at the time. However after a
power interruption I now have a Blue Screen which informs me that I have an
Unmountable Boot Volume and I cannot even boot into safe mode. I desperately
need to save the Outlook Express files, the Favourites Folder and one Folder
on the C: drive. My friend has no Start-up Disk and only has a System
Restore Disk as windows came preinstalled (XP PRO). The Computer has 2 DVD
drives, a hard drive, and external hard drive and several USB ports but no
floppy drive. I have a Laptop with a CD rewriter and 2 USB ports and am
running Windows XP Home.

Is there any way I can get at these folders?

Pete
 
Pete Cumberland said:
Help!!!!!

I am having problems with my friends Dell computer which seemed to be
related to memory issues and possible missing/corrupted files. Whatever the
problem was it is now rather redundant.

I was preparing to reload all of the software to solve this problem and was
backing up various folders to an external hard drive. All I had left to do
was back up "Documents Settings" and one file in the root directory, perhaps
a bit of overkill but the quickest thing to do at the time. However after a
power interruption I now have a Blue Screen which informs me that I have an
Unmountable Boot Volume and I cannot even boot into safe mode. I desperately
need to save the Outlook Express files, the Favourites Folder and one Folder
on the C: drive. My friend has no Start-up Disk and only has a System
Restore Disk as windows came preinstalled (XP PRO). The Computer has 2 DVD
drives, a hard drive, and external hard drive and several USB ports but no
floppy drive. I have a Laptop with a CD rewriter and 2 USB ports and am
running Windows XP Home.

Is there any way I can get at these folders?

Pete
Click to expand...

This might help:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555302/en-us

About backing up your friend's data: The item "Lost Windows",
posted here just 20 minutes ago, seems relevant . . .
 
Pete Cumberland said:
Help!!!!!

I am having problems with my friends Dell computer which seemed to be
related to memory issues and possible missing/corrupted files. Whatever
the problem was it is now rather redundant.

I was preparing to reload all of the software to solve this problem and
was backing up various folders to an external hard drive. All I had left
to do was back up "Documents Settings" and one file in the root directory,
perhaps a bit of overkill but the quickest thing to do at the time.
However after a power interruption I now have a Blue Screen which informs
me that I have an Unmountable Boot Volume and I cannot even boot into safe
mode. I desperately need to save the Outlook Express files, the Favourites
Folder and one Folder on the C: drive. My friend has no Start-up Disk and
only has a System Restore Disk as windows came preinstalled (XP PRO). The
Computer has 2 DVD drives, a hard drive, and external hard drive and
several USB ports but no floppy drive. I have a Laptop with a CD rewriter
and 2 USB ports and am running Windows XP Home.

Is there any way I can get at these folders?
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Here are some options for backing up the data.

1. Take the drive out of the computer and install it as a slave drive in
another Windows XP or 2000 computer. It should read the drive ok, so you can
copy the data.

2. Create a bootable Bart's PE disk, boot from that, then copy the data to
external USB drive or flash drive.

3. Download a bootable Linux distro called Knoppix. Create a bootable CD
from that, boot from it, and copy the data to USB drive or flash drive, or
if the computer has two CD drives, one of which is a burner, then use the
k3b burning program on the Knoppix CD to burn the data to CD.

4. Take it to a competent computer tech to backup the data.
 
Rock said:
Here are some options for backing up the data.

1. Take the drive out of the computer and install it as a slave drive in
another Windows XP or 2000 computer. It should read the drive ok, so you
can copy the data.

2. Create a bootable Bart's PE disk, boot from that, then copy the data
to external USB drive or flash drive.

3. Download a bootable Linux distro called Knoppix. Create a bootable CD
from that, boot from it, and copy the data to USB drive or flash drive,
or if the computer has two CD drives, one of which is a burner, then use
the k3b burning program on the Knoppix CD to burn the data to CD.

4. Take it to a competent computer tech to backup the data.
Click to expand...
Have a look at my reply to "Lost Windows"!
 
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