Vista Error - Recovery
Wednesday, October 21, 2009 at 5:36 pm
Posted by SeaTan
(21 messages posted)
I tried starting my computer recently, but received a black screen with the error
'Interactive logon process initialization has failed'. Nothing I did was able to
bypass this and logon to Vista. Searching for a solution online, the advice seemed
to be to use command promt accessed via the HP Recovey Console to fix this problem.
Meanwhile, whilst trying to do this, I accidentaly started to re-install windows
without backing up any of the contents of the computer. As soon as I realised what
I had started, I quickly shut down the computer by pulling out the battery (there
was no other way to cancel it). I realise this was all a terrible mistake, but there
is nothing I can do about that now. What I want to know is how can I recover any
of the data on my hard drive? I have booted into my computer using Knoppix, yet it
seems that both my hard drives are empty already. Considering the recovery/re-installation
of windows was running for a maximum of 5 seconds before I pulled the plug, I do
not see how it could have erased my hard drive in such a short time. If anyone can
advise me on how to recover anything on my hard drive, I would greatly appreciate
it. I have alot of important documents that I did not manage to back up. Thanks
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