re: We Apologize - Can't start my computer
Sunday, November 26, 2006 at 4:10 am
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by BILL
(92 messages posted)
That was interesting advice, Rich. I just might do that. It seems to be the best
advice I have had yet to get out of my misery. One q I have though -if I install
a new drive with the old then install Win XP with my original disks on the new drive
will there be any problems because the new won't have all the updates? In the same
vein, if I add the old to another computer could there be conflicts for the same
reason? Another q is in either case if I have both new and old drive in the same
computer and the old has a virus that caused my problem, will the infection spread
to the new drive and leave me with the same problem - can't get it running - as I
have now? Thanks for any and all answers. Bill.
On Saturday, November 25, 2006 at 11:28 am, Rich Kurtz wrote:
>If your data is important then the first thing you should do is save it. Best way
>I can think of to do this is buy a new hard drive. Remove the current one for now,
>put the new one in and install XP. Once that's done, change the jumper on the old
>drive from Master or Cable Select to Slave and install it.
>
>If there is hardware damage this may not be possible so you will have to install
>the drive in another computer as slave to save the data or get your's fixed (with
>the new drive installed, not the old one) then proceed as above when it's working
>again.
>
>Whether you get your current system working again or end up buying a new one, the
>data will still be on the old drive when you finally get to the point where you
can
>install it as a slave drive.
>
>Now backup any data you don't want to lose.
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