Need files from a computer that won't boot up
Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2009 3:44 am
My beloved's laptop is on its last leg. Now the second hardrive I've bought for it won't boot. We ordered her a new netbook whichjust arrived. Cute little white Samsung with a 10 inch screen. Looks like we grabbed it before it grew up all the way. Now I want to get into the old hard drive to copy her files.
Being an old guy, I would make a bootable floppy but my notebook (the computer I'm using now) doesn't have a floppy drive. It's like the front door is locked and the key's broke off in the keyhole.
The BIOS setup works, and I booted the machine with the recovery disk so I know the machine still runs, but I don't want to wipe the hard drive yet.
How can I make a bootable CD for Windows XP so I can recover her stuff? Or is there another way to get the information without paying a tech the price of a new computer?
Being an old guy, I would make a bootable floppy but my notebook (the computer I'm using now) doesn't have a floppy drive. It's like the front door is locked and the key's broke off in the keyhole.
The BIOS setup works, and I booted the machine with the recovery disk so I know the machine still runs, but I don't want to wipe the hard drive yet.
How can I make a bootable CD for Windows XP so I can recover her stuff? Or is there another way to get the information without paying a tech the price of a new computer?