My computer (Dell Dimension 8400, Windows XP Home Edition) had a virus. The damage the virus had done was catastrophic. In the attempt to get rid of it, I ran a repair installation. Something went wrong because Windows does not boot! I have this one folder in the C drive (C:\Hub Essentials) that is very important to me. So I have devised a plan to recover it using a new, blank, secondary hard drive, under the assumption that the Hub Essentials was not wiped by the repair installation. 1. I will turn off the computer. 2. Install the new, secondary hard drive. 3. Disconnect the data cable of the old hard drive. 4. Turn on the computer. 5. Insert the Windows XP CD. 5. Press F2, and go to the setup menu. 6. Change the boot sequence, so that it boots via the Windows XP CD. Turn off the old drive in the drives menu. 7. Install Windows XP on the new hard drive. 8. Turn off the computer. 9. Reconnect the data cable of the old hard drive. 10. Turn on computer. 11. Press F2, and go to the setup menu. 12. Turn the old hard drive back on in the drives menu. Change the boot sequence, so it boots via the new hard drive. 13. Load the newly installed Windows XP, and move the files from the old hard drive to the new hard drive. 14. Reformat the old hard drive. Will my plan work? Are there any discrepancies? Any tips any reminders? Please, I want this to go smoothly and for the investment on a new hard drive to be worthwhile. Please respond!
That took me a couple reads to understand but *Yes thats all you need to do to see it **No you dont need to disconnect the new one just make sure you select the correct old partion/drive to format when promted in the setup mode.
why not just make the old hardrive the secondary drive and make the new drive the primary windows drive?
I PMed you back, buddy. people, as of i last talked to him, he only has a recovery disk that came with his machine... he does not have a XP disk that can boot on startup...
Get knoppix then, if you don't got windows, dl the iso and burn it on a cd. Uh it seems xTYRANTx has already answered your questions?
That should work, if not you might need to install linux on HD 2 to get on it. wait for someone else to tell you more cuz I dont know 100% if it would work, i think it will but its better to wait.
Thanks for the post. I hope XMasterX or someone else would see this. Merged Post: Please help someone! Merged Post: Please help someone!