transferring data

The disk would be NTFS, so you cannot install Win 98. Boot the Win XP CD and
do a repair.

"DAKU" <hmkhalid DeleteThis @emirates.net.ae> wrote in message
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 > My friend has a Compaq laptop, pentium 4, 2.4, 40gb, etc. running XP home.
 > Thing is, he did something to it and now whenever he starts it, the computer
 > stops just before the XP login. Nothing seems to work, I tried all the safe
 > mode types, running windows under previous settings, etc. Now my question
 > is, that how can he transfer the data he has out of there. He has a CD
 > burner, but how will it work outside widnows.
 >
 > DOS works at least, by booting the system. How can I help him? I mean the
 > USB won't be detected, right? I was thinking if all else fails I would
 > install windows 98 in his machine, and then transfer all the files from
 > there and then format it. Will this work?
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Knoppix, can access even NTFS (read-only) and I think is capable of burning
a CD.

www.knoppix.org

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DAKU <hmkhalid.RemoveThis@emirates.net.ae> wrote in message
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 > My friend has a Compaq laptop, pentium 4, 2.4, 40gb, etc.
 > running XP home. Thing is, he did something to it and now
 > whenever he starts it, the computer stops just before the
 > XP login. Nothing seems to work, I tried all the safe mode
 > types, running windows under previous settings, etc.

Did you try booting the XP CD and repairing the installation ?

Have you got the XP CD ?

 > Now my question is, that how can he transfer
 > the data he has out of there. He has a CD
 > burner, but how will it work outside widnows.

Various imaging apps will work in that situation.
Basically make a rescue floppy and boot that
and then image the hard drive to the burner.

If the laptop doesnt have a floppy, just image something
of no importance to a cd burner on a desktop PC and
then boot that CD you created on the laptop and then
image the laptop hard drive to the burner.

 > DOS works at least, by booting the system. How can I help him?

I'd personally image the entire hard drive
to the burner using ghost or drive image etc.

They'll do that at the dos level.

 > I mean the USB won't be detected, right?

It will with the ghost rescue floppy or bootable CD.

You'd normally install the imaging program on a
desktop PC so you can make the rescue floppys
or CD on that desktop PC to use in the laptop.


The laptop likely has a lan port too so you
can just boot a net boot floppy or CD and
copy stuff at the dos level manually if you want.

 > I was thinking if all else fails I would install windows
 > 98 in his machine, and then transfer all the files
 > from there and then format it. Will this work?

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