Jun 26, 2007 11:24 am burn them to CD/DVD...
then, get a second HD and schedule a weekly backup damnit.
Blue Screen Of Death
Posted on Jun 26, 2007 11:18 am
TallChap
Answer:On a good day, lipstick.
Member Since: Jun 24, 2004
Okay, something happened to my PC. Blue screen, lots of writing....didn't work.
Only thing I could do was to reinstall a separate version of Windows XP on the same hard drive to see if I could save some of my work (I know....back up....back up...). I've got the PC running again...
So, without the sucking through teeth "Oooh, you shouldn't have done that.." can anyone give me an idea on transferring files from one version to the next (old to new)? I realize I'll have to reinstall my software, but will the data files stay where they are, or will I need to move them?
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Jun 26, 2007 11:24 am burn them to CD/DVD...
then, get a second HD and schedule a weekly backup damnit.
Jun 26, 2007 02:28 pm just curious, would the backup drive be ntfs? would there be any problem with a new install of XP not reading the 'backup' drive?
I'd think if there was no security put on it explicitly, then it should be readable by a new install, yes?
I have a 160g sata1 sitting idle, that I may introduce as a backup drive, until I get ansy to install linux =).
Re: TC issue, I'd think they're still sitting right where they were before. I'm assuming you didn't format the drive, so they shouldn't go anywhere. I'd assume you're logging in as an administrator, or at least have that level of priv.
Aug 15, 2007 06:12 pm Okay....Ram had gone out on me. Took the opportunity to upgrade to 2GIG. :)
New install of XP (not a repair...), and now none (okay some) of the programs work. I've tried the 'share' thing and it's no go. Is there some way that the programs are rooted in the original install of the OS?
Did have some aborted attempts to reinstall the OS from the Dell provided crash disk. Now it looks like I have three installs of XP (only one works - the fresh retail version). How do I get rid of them?
Also installed a 300g HD too for all my recording stuff.
Now to reinstall programs.
Aug 15, 2007 06:23 pm You must have three installs on separate partitions on the drive. Go back and reformat the whole drive (fdisk - wipe it clean) and reinstall Windows. That's the only way to clean it up that I know of...
Aug 15, 2007 06:49 pm ...after you get the files off of it of course...
Aug 17, 2007 11:40 am I've got to find the files first...
Aug 18, 2007 07:55 am Sounds like you have a tri-boot situation on the same partition. Boot into the working OS and go to "My computer" there you should see a windows folder for each install (folders should be something like windows.0, windows.1, windows.2) open the windows folder with the lowest number (either "windows.0" or just plain "windows") from there you can get to the documents and settings folder and start to look through for your files. Once you get them and back them up you can do 1 of 3 things.
1. Try to do a repair install over your original installation. This would just replace your system files and leave all your programs and files intact. Probably a good idea to get rid of the other installs first to avoid confusion. You would do this by deleting the "windows" folders that dont have your files in them (like windows.1 and windows.2) and then modifying your boot.ini to get rid of the entries that no longer exist (gets rid of the screen that pops up on boot that asks what windows install you want to boot into)
2. You can keep the working install you have and delete the other 2 windows folders and modify the boot.ini to get rid of them from the OS menu on boot up.
Finally, the one that I think most would agree is the best option...
3. Reformat the drive and start from scratch
Aug 18, 2007 10:54 pm Option 3 works best I would say. Unless you are very familiar with digging into the system files it is not something I would recommend as it will only lead to having to do option 3 anyway if you screw it up.
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