Re: XP Crashed - How can I copy my data from the RAID 1 drives?
- From: "Steven L Umbach" <n9rou@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2006 12:54:25 -0500
Are you using RAID1 for the system drives or for just data drives? RAID1 is
mirroring which protects from hardware failure but not data or operating
system corruption or malware related problems. If you have a hardware
problem with one hard drive or controller refer the documentation of the
motherboard for how to proceed when one drive or controller is down. If you
disconnected one drive and that did not work try connecting the one you
disconnected and disconnecting the other to see what happens. You should be
able to extract data from your hard drives or at least the functioning one
by placing it as a slave/secondary drive to a computer with a working
operating system that can access NTFS files or try creating a BART's PE disk
and booting from that.
As far as XP Pre Service Pack 2 you can safely use and install from that
install disk. But pre SP2 does not enable the built in firewall by default.
If you are using an internet router to protect your network you should be
safe from internet threats but to be sure I would do the new install
disconnected from the network and then enable the built in firewall before
connecting back to the network. That will also help protect your new install
if you have other computers on your network. Of course you want to take
steps to try and prevent the same problems all over again. Be sure to review
the link below on Microsoft basic security advice for home users and the
related links to malware and spyware. One important thing to emphasize is
that it is really a bad idea to be logged onto your computer with an account
that is a local administrator when you do not need administrator powers
particularly for browsing the internet, using chat programs, and opening
email. --- Steve
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/windowsxpsp2/Default.mspx
--- Protect Your PC
http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/ --- Bart's PE. This should be in every power
users toolbox. You can use it to scan your system for malware and edit the
registry in addition to everything else it can do.
"Karl in Scottsdale" <KarlinScottsdale@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
message news:AA8F01EB-3792-47FA-ABB6-D61CBEDEDFF4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I have had XP Pro SP2 running on one computer for a little over a year.
About
2-months ago I stared getting spy ware infections. 4-times I spent hours
on
the phone with the folks in India.
Intel SE7505VB2
(2) Xeon 2.80 HD's - SATA RAID 1
XP SP2
McAfee
Ad Aware
Spy Bot
Zone Alarm
Today, everything was fine until I turned off my computer to go have
dinner
and when I returned the computer would only start in safe mode. Any
attempt
to start in normal mode would just cause the computer to restart.
Called MS Tech Support - they had me disconnect one drive and try to
restart
the computer - not a good idea! Short story, now I can not get the
computer
to boot even to safe mode - I guess thanks to Bill Gates, I'm screwed.
I guess I have to order a new XP SP2 CD, since I have my original XP CD
and
someone said don't even try connecting to the internet until you get SP2
and
all your security software installed on your new HD. Of course all my
security software is on the RAID drives.
So, here is the question: Once I get the system running, or how should I
get
the system running, so I can connect and copy data from the old RAID
drives?
I sure hope someone can help.
.
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