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Microsoft => Microsoft Windows => Windows XP => Topic started by: prime on January 06, 2013, 11:59:42 AM

Title: Issue #1: Harddrive failed please backup all files.
Post by: prime on January 06, 2013, 11:59:42 AM: This is a windows xp HP computer, the problem is I have a boot option and I've been booting from cd all this time. I accidently turned the pc off now the computer won't read the cd for some reason. Yes the cd works, I tried it in my new laptop I got this Christmas. All I want to get a few files off the old computer and I'll let it rest in peace. I've been using Hiren's BOOTCD 11 to boot my pc, and so I just made a bootable usb but there is a big issue. It reads Grub4dos instead of the Hiren disk, it says
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Boot from find menu.lst, /boot/grub/menu.lst. /grub/menu.lst
and when it does that this shows up
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Grubs4dos 0.4.5b 2011-04-23, Mem 639K/1014/0M, End: 351657 [Minimal BASH-like line editing is supported. For the first word TAB list possible command completions of a device/filename ESC at anytime exits. ]
I type in boot then it says
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Error 8: Kernel must be loaded before booting
Title: Re: Issue #1: Harddrive failed please backup all files.
Post by: patio on January 06, 2013, 05:59:19 PM: You didn't build the flash drive properly...
Here Ya go... (http://www.hiren.info/pages/bootcd-on-usb-disk)

As far as retrieveing the data there's an easier way:
Slave Drive Info... (http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm)
Title: Re: Issue #1: Harddrive failed please backup all files.
Post by: prime on January 06, 2013, 06:45:32 PM: Those are the exact instructions I followed. and @ second link where exactly do I suppose to be looking? Thanks for the reply.
Title: Re: Issue #1: Harddrive failed please backup all files.
Post by: patio on January 06, 2013, 07:18:46 PM: Quote from: prime on January 06, 2013, 06:45:32 PM
Those are the exact instructions I followed. and @ second link where exactly do I suppose to be looking? Thanks for the reply.
Sorry 'bout that...wrong link.

See Here... (http://www.dtidata.com/resourcecenter/2007/04/23/how-to-slave-hard-drive/)
Title: Re: Issue #1: Harddrive failed please backup all files.
Post by: Jp_Hernandez on January 09, 2013, 06:37:40 AM: why do you boot from cd why not change from the bios the order to boot from hard drive where your os is installed?? ???