XP ReBoot

[Savant]

Today I loaded McAfee Virusscan on a friend's XP SP1 computer. I had it
perform the scan (in "safe mode" Admin), and it found about 4 trojans,
deleted them along with a few "Ad PUPs". Rebooted, and the screen went to
the F-8 choice list, told it to boot in "Normal", did the same thing for all
choices. In safe mode I loaded Nero, to start burning these people's data,
rebooted, and now it just keeps rebooting ad nauseum. They do not have a XP
OS recovery disk, I only have my OEM. Now, question ... what are the odds
it's the battery? - Slim I bet. Can I take this hard drive out and slave it
to one of my old 98 machines, and recover their files?

Thanks

 

[Rich Barry]

To answer your question it depends on what file system your friend is
using. If it's FAT32 no problem. If NTFS big problem.

 

[Savant]

Yes, it was FAT32....joy! Thanks Rich.

To answer your question it depends on what file system your friend is
using. If it's FAT32 no problem. If NTFS big problem.

 

[Savant]

Me again. I was wondering if, after I've successfully recovered those files,
if I could "repair" the booting problem by copying an "ini" or "dll" from my
XP machine to my friends wounded drive while I've got it slaved? What
file(s) might I try to copy to enable a successful boot when I master it
back into their computer?

Thanks

 

[Guest]

depending on PC mfg ' can possibly create recovery cd from command prompt.

Who is mfg?

also, can possibly obtain recovery set from PC mfg!!

 

[Savant]

They told me it was originally an IBM, although I saw no markings on the
case, and they said they had the MB and HD replaced last year due to an
electical short by a local shop. (I didn't ask why they just didn't buy a
new one)
My XP is HP a720n