Re: Admin Password

From: Malke (noreply_at_invalid.com)
Date: 12/31/04 

Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2004 08:25:28 -0800

Bob wrote:

> The problem is that this computer won't boot up. Can I put that hard
> drive in another computer as a slave and run the process you
> suggested? Will it scan both hard drives?
>
In order to retrieve data:

1. The hard drive must be viable and seen in the BIOS. If it is, slave
it in a computer a working XP installation. See if you can copy the
files off using Explorer.

2. If the drive is viable but the testbed computer with XP will not boot
up with the damaged drive, put the drive alone in a testbed machine
with two cd drives - one of which being a burner. Boot with Knoppix, a
Linux distro that runs from cd. Get Knoppix at www.knoppix.net using a
computer with a fast Internet connection and third-party burning
software to make the bootable cd from the .iso. Then boot the testbed
box with Knoppix. If Knoppix sees the Windows files, use the k3b
program to burn the data onto cd-r's.

3. If the hard drive is not seen in the BIOS - and make sure you've
jumpered it correctly - when it is the only attached drive, then your
only solution is to send it to a professional data recovery firm. I
like DriveSavers, www.drivesavers.com. Their services are not
inexpensive, but only you can determine how valuable your data is.

If the above is beyond what you can do, take the drive to a good local
computer repair shop (not a BestBuy or CompUSA) and see what they can
do.

Malke 

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