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07/21/2006 09:51:24 PM · #1 |
OUCH! OK, my PC crashed and is refusing to boot. It run chkdsk the first time it tried to reboot and then only goes to the blue screen of death.
It's an XP system. The HD seems OK, and I NEEED to get some files off of it.
I'm searching for either a LiveCD or floppy-based Linux to boot from. Needs to be able to boot and mount a NTFS drive and either burn to DVD or copy to my CF cards. Any suggestions?
I'm looking at Knoppix now.
ETA, transfers over my wireless network to my notebook wouldwork also.
Message edited by author 2006-07-21 21:53:42.
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07/21/2006 09:52:47 PM · #2 |
| Can you get it into safemode and try running scandisk? |
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07/21/2006 09:54:16 PM · #3 |
Originally posted by MrEd:
Can you get it into safemode and try running scandisk? |
No, it won't finish booting into safe mode either.
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07/21/2006 09:55:04 PM · #4 |
| New HD, install windows, then connect old HD to system and see if windows will read it. |
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07/21/2006 09:56:07 PM · #5 |
If you can give me the details of the blue screen, I may be able to help from an XP point of view.
The main info I would need is the first line or two after Stop:...four hex looking numbers. |
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07/21/2006 09:57:00 PM · #6 |
Originally posted by davyaldy:
New HD, install windows, then connect old HD to system and see if windows will read it. |
Actually, that would work, I do have an older PC out in my shop that is bootable.
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07/21/2006 09:58:02 PM · #7 |
| Can you get into the BIOS file when booting?? |
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07/21/2006 09:58:17 PM · #8 |
Originally posted by fotomann_forever:
Originally posted by davyaldy:
New HD, install windows, then connect old HD to system and see if windows will read it. |
Actually, that would work, I do have an older PC out in my shop that is bootable. |
How about the 1 your posting in here with? Don't tell me....laptop.
Message edited by author 2006-07-21 21:58:44. |
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07/21/2006 09:59:16 PM · #9 |
Originally posted by freakin_hilarious:
If you can give me the details of the blue screen, I may be able to help from an XP point of view.
The main info I would need is the first line or two after Stop:...four hex looking numbers. |
Thanks
0x00000071 (0x00000000, 0x00000000,0x00000000, 0x00000000)
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07/21/2006 10:01:54 PM · #10 |
Originally posted by MrEd:
Originally posted by fotomann_forever:
Originally posted by davyaldy:
New HD, install windows, then connect old HD to system and see if windows will read it. |
Actually, that would work, I do have an older PC out in my shop that is bootable. |
How about the 1 your posting in here with? Don't tell me....laptop. |
Yup, laptop :-( A laptop running Ubuntu linux at that ...
Message edited by author 2006-07-21 22:03:56.
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07/21/2006 10:09:47 PM · #11 |
During the boot, it should give you options like boot normally, Last Known Good, etc.
Try the Last Known Good and see if that will let you boot Windows successfully.
If you don't get the options automatically, you can hit F8 like crazy after the POST until the menu appears. |
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07/21/2006 10:13:15 PM · #12 |
Fotomann, you need Knoppix my friend. ;-)
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07/21/2006 10:14:49 PM · #13 |
Nope...no go...probably because I have system restore turned off. I don't think it'd worked anyway, seems an important file somehow got corrupted.
Actually, I was dealing with yet another Trojan when it went bye bye. I'd tell you what it was, but I don't remember and the name of it was in a notepad file on my desktop ... ooops :-)
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07/21/2006 10:16:50 PM · #14 |
Originally posted by wavelength:
Fotomann, you need Knoppix my friend. ;-) |
Yeah, downloading it now... :-) Is there any easy way to send the files to my notebook once I have the PC booted and the HD mounted?
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07/21/2006 10:19:27 PM · #15 |
Here's a little Tutorial which can probably explain it far better than I.
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07/21/2006 10:27:54 PM · #16 |
Originally posted by wavelength:
Here's a little Tutorial which can probably explain it far better than I. |
Cool thanks. This will do just fine.
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07/21/2006 10:40:19 PM · #17 |
Originally posted by davyaldy:
New HD, install windows, then connect old HD to system and see if windows will read it. |
That's what I did.
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07/21/2006 11:51:39 PM · #18 |
OMG, the PC actually booted... I tried a last known good config again and it's up.
I'm backing up the images I needed off of it to DVD now. Wish me luck, I'm still gonna try to repair windows without a reformat.
I sooooooo don't want to reformat :-( If I can get her to hang on until Vista is released, I'm planning on a new machine.
Message edited by author 2006-07-21 23:54:26.
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