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So heres my Problem. My Sister's laptop recently contracted a rather nasty virus and can no longer start. What i mean by 'can no longer start' is that when the power goes on, it makes some rather bad sounding noises and gives me the screen saying "We're sorry for the inconvience, but windows has failed too start." Etc, then asks me how i would like to try to start it, "Last Good Configuration", "Safe Mode", "Normal Start-up" etc etc, but none of them work! Also, i may mention that the computer does not like any of the more recent windows updates and refuses to install them. So heres what i need to do: 1: Rescue all the important files from her Hard Drive 2: Wipe her Hard Drive 3: Reinstall windows xp Home Edition Here is why that is more difficult than i would like: 1: computer refuses to boot 2: computer did not come with Windows install Disc or Boot Disc 3: I cant just wipe it clean and use that 6 Disc Set downloadable from Microsoft.com with the cd key on the bottom of the computer because i need files off of it. 4: I am rapidly getting a very large headache. Just in case, Heres some misc Info that might come in handy about the computer itself if anyone is willing to give me advise: Intel Pentium 4 Processor Made for windows 2000/Xp Has survived a rather nasty encounter with some juice... Brand Name: Xplio (Never heard of it, cant find any information on the web) Did Not want to accept windows service pack two, or a whole bunch of other updates. If someone would be so kind as to point me in the right direction, it would be very much appreciated... |
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"Bad Sounding Noises" - may be symptomatic of a failing hard drive. Be careful whatever steps you take as it may render the drive as a 100% loss. buy a 2.5" to traditional IDE adapter (<$20). Remove the drive and install in a desktop ( Single component on the IDE Controller Channel). Immediately image or copy the necessary data and burn to CD-R/DVD-R. "Axever" <Axever@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:B30E97AD-9AA3-4192-BBC9-ED50AA706E52@microsoft.com... > So heres my Problem. My Sister's laptop recently contracted a rather nasty > virus and can no longer start. What i mean by 'can no longer start' is > that > when the power goes on, it makes some rather bad sounding noises and gives > me > the screen saying "We're sorry for the inconvience, but windows has failed > too start." Etc, then asks me how i would like to try to start it, "Last > Good > Configuration", "Safe Mode", "Normal Start-up" etc etc, but none of them > work! Also, i may mention that the computer does not like any of the more > recent windows updates and refuses to install them. > > So heres what i need to do: > > 1: Rescue all the important files from her Hard Drive > > 2: Wipe her Hard Drive > > 3: Reinstall windows xp Home Edition > > Here is why that is more difficult than i would like: > > 1: computer refuses to boot > > 2: computer did not come with Windows install Disc or Boot Disc > > 3: I cant just wipe it clean and use that 6 Disc Set downloadable from > Microsoft.com with the cd key on the bottom of the computer because i need > files off of it. > > 4: I am rapidly getting a very large headache. > > Just in case, Heres some misc Info that might come in handy about the > computer itself if anyone is willing to give me advise: > > Intel Pentium 4 Processor > Made for windows 2000/Xp > Has survived a rather nasty encounter with some juice... > Brand Name: Xplio (Never heard of it, cant find any information on the > web) > Did Not want to accept windows service pack two, or a whole bunch of other > updates. > > If someone would be so kind as to point me in the right direction, it > would > be very much appreciated... > |
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On Wednesday 14 June 2006 02:40 pm, Axever had this to say in microsoft.public.windowsxp.general: > So heres my Problem. My Sister's laptop recently contracted a rather nasty > virus and can no longer start. What i mean by 'can no longer start' is > that when the power goes on, it makes some rather bad sounding noises and > gives me the screen saying "We're sorry for the inconvience, but windows > has failed too start." Etc, then asks me how i would like to try to start > it, "Last Good Configuration", "Safe Mode", "Normal Start-up" etc etc, but > none of them work! Also, i may mention that the computer does not like any > of the more recent windows updates and refuses to install them. > > So heres what i need to do: > > 1: Rescue all the important files from her Hard Drive > > 2: Wipe her Hard Drive > > 3: Reinstall windows xp Home Edition > > Here is why that is more difficult than i would like: > > 1: computer refuses to boot > > 2: computer did not come with Windows install Disc or Boot Disc > > 3: I cant just wipe it clean and use that 6 Disc Set downloadable from > Microsoft.com with the cd key on the bottom of the computer because i need > files off of it. > > 4: I am rapidly getting a very large headache. > > Just in case, Heres some misc Info that might come in handy about the > computer itself if anyone is willing to give me advise: > > Intel Pentium 4 Processor > Made for windows 2000/Xp > Has survived a rather nasty encounter with some juice... > Brand Name: Xplio (Never heard of it, cant find any information on the > web) Did Not want to accept windows service pack two, or a whole bunch of > other updates. > > If someone would be so kind as to point me in the right direction, it > would be very much appreciated... You can download and burn a Knoppix ISO that is a Live CD version of Linux. This will at least give you access to your hard drive and the data on it. You can then get those files off. After success, you might consider loading Linux on that box of hers and get rid of XP entirely, since she'll need to purchase a copy. Linux is free. -- The ULTIMATE Windoze Fanboy: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2370205018226686613 View Some Common Linux Desktops ... http://linclips.crocusplains.com/index.php |
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Can you use the 6-Disk bootable floppy and come up in Recovery Console? That way you can at least access the hard drive. "Axever" <Axever@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:B30E97AD-9AA3-4192-BBC9-ED50AA706E52@microsoft.com... > So heres my Problem. My Sister's laptop recently contracted a rather nasty > virus and can no longer start. What i mean by 'can no longer start' is > that > when the power goes on, it makes some rather bad sounding noises and gives > me > the screen saying "We're sorry for the inconvience, but windows has failed > too start." Etc, then asks me how i would like to try to start it, "Last > Good > Configuration", "Safe Mode", "Normal Start-up" etc etc, but none of them > work! Also, i may mention that the computer does not like any of the more > recent windows updates and refuses to install them. > > So heres what i need to do: > > 1: Rescue all the important files from her Hard Drive > > 2: Wipe her Hard Drive > > 3: Reinstall windows xp Home Edition > > Here is why that is more difficult than i would like: > > 1: computer refuses to boot > > 2: computer did not come with Windows install Disc or Boot Disc > > 3: I cant just wipe it clean and use that 6 Disc Set downloadable from > Microsoft.com with the cd key on the bottom of the computer because i need > files off of it. > > 4: I am rapidly getting a very large headache. > > Just in case, Heres some misc Info that might come in handy about the > computer itself if anyone is willing to give me advise: > > Intel Pentium 4 Processor > Made for windows 2000/Xp > Has survived a rather nasty encounter with some juice... > Brand Name: Xplio (Never heard of it, cant find any information on the > web) > Did Not want to accept windows service pack two, or a whole bunch of other > updates. > > If someone would be so kind as to point me in the right direction, it > would > be very much appreciated... > |
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