hard drive

[xavier]

I got a error message on a pc Xp home.[ file missing win32 ] this is on a Dell desk top pc with 1 sata drive. Tried going into safe mode with no luck, tried booting with the XP disc & no luck.What i would like to know if i take th drive out of the pc and put in another PC as a 2nd drive {slave] would i be able to read the drive or would i get the same message as before on the other PC? What are my options? would it be advisable to use the same PC and put in a new SATA drive and install windows and use the existing drive that has the missing win 32 pblm. as a slave and be able to read the drive without a pblm?

[JJ 3000]

tried booting with the XP disc & no luck.

The hard drive should have nothing to do with the inability to boot to a disk.
Did you change your boot order in BIOS?
Can you hear the disk spin in the drive?

[xavier]

Just got your message JJ. No i did not change the boot order,& the drive is spinning

[xavier]

Anybody have any IDEAS?

[patio]

If it is hooked up on another working machine on SATA connector2 or higher (on the MBoard ) it will be treated like a slave and you should be able to see all the data there and backup/burn to your heart's content...

[xavier]

THanks Patio,

[patio]

You got it...