[TechAssist] Re: PC Question -Windows is gone!
- From: "J. Knoll" <jaystv@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2005 08:56:38 -0500
It will work as long as the original HD is in good physical/electrical
working order and you set the jumper settings correctly. If the HD is
damaged well....the data is gone unless you feel like spending Big
Bucks at a data recovery specialist. Jay
On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 11:36:12 -0500, Jason - Excel Distributing
<JMartin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Well the tech guy called last night and he said if we try to reload Win ME
> from the recovery disk I have it may delete some files which I cannot have
> happen. So it looks like I'll try adding a second hard drive to copy
> everything to then just reformat my orig hard drive and copy the stuff back
> over.
>
> The other HD I have is from another pc with Win 98 on it. I'm gonna try it
> tonight so if anyone has any tips or tricks that may help I'd surely
> appreciate it. If this doesnt work I'll buy a computer hammer and really
> fix it!
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Jason Martin
> Excel Distributing Inc.
> 1819 Mentor Ave.
> Cincinnati, Ohio 45212
>
> ph-800-733-3329 fax- 800-735-8007
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "J. Knoll" <jaystv@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2005 1:02 PM
> Subject: [TechAssist] Re: PC Question -Windows is gone!
>
> > One solution I have used in a case like yours.
> > If you have another hard drive put it in your computer and install the
> > operating system on it.
> > Then hook up the original as a slave and take all files you want to
> > save off of it or just copy them to the new hard drive.
> > Then you can put the original back and attempt a re install and if you
> > lose everything, you don't really lose everything. Jay-List Monitor
> >
> >
> > On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 12:14:55 -0500, Jason - Excel Distributing
> > <JMartin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > Hi guys!
> > > My pc at home went kaput. I'm sure it is just the power switch or fuse,
> lol. Anyways, I was doing a windows update friday night and when it
> restarted it did the memory check then went to a black screen and had a
> white box telling me that windows.exe is not found - Please reinstall
> windows. I click ok and it tells me of a c:windows/system/xxxx.dll file is
> missing. I click ok again and it just sits there.
> > >
> > > ABS is supposed to call me tonight to help cause a windows disk was not
> included 4.5 yrs ago when I got the system. My question is if I have to
> reinstall windows will it lose any files I have stored? I haven't done a
> backup in a while so I hope not. It originally had Win ME, should I just go
> get Win XP?
> > >
> > > Thanks guys!
> > >
> > > Sincerely,
> > >
> > > Jason Martin
> > > Excel Distributing Inc.
> > > 1819 Mentor Ave.
> > > Cincinnati, Ohio 45212
> > >
> > > ph-800-733-3329 fax- 800-735-8007
> > > www.ExcelDistributingInc.com
> > >
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