I am running on Windows 2000, I believe. (It is a work computer.) I am unable to login because when I get to the login screen it freezes and won't allow me to do anything with either the mouse or the keyboard.
My IT Dept. has configured a new hard drive and everything works alright with it but I don't want to lose the information that was on my old hard drive. Is there any way to get beyond this problem so I can access my data? (If I send them the old hard drive I don't expect to get any of my information back and I really hate to have to try to rebuild everything on the replacement.)
I have tried starting in safe mode but the same thing happens when it gets to the login screen. I tried holding down F8 upon startup but the computer made a lot of noise and I didn't get to the "Windows Advanced Options" as I had expected to.
Can anyone help?