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Numerous reboots with all the different options ( when using F8 ) produces nothing. I have the discs, but the optical drives won't recognize the dvd.
No hardware changes. No software changes. Only issue was a power interruption doing a restore point. Doing the shift key 5 times did not work either.
I just need to get windows to start so my wife can get her pictures off onto a thumb drive before I trash this turkey ( Dell 531 Inspirion )
Will not start in safe mode, safe mode with prompt, etc......
Thanks in advance to anyone who can help save a grandmother's pics.
 
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Hi Nitrium,
Did your suggestion. Comes up with " Windows Error Recovery" window but will not let me do "Launch Startup Repair" I can do " Start windows normally" but it brings me back to he same " Windows Error Recovery " screen.
The HDD I took out to plug in the Vista hdd works in the desktop that I removed the Vista HDD from !???!!
Thanks again for helping. If you or anyone you know have ANY other ideas, please let me know. I'll try anything at this point.
 
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I don't think you quite did what I was thinking. To elaborate, you want to ADD this drive to your desktop PC (not swap it with the existing drive). Then you boot to your normal everyday working HDD and the laptop drive should turn up as the D:\ drive and you can then navigate it normally and copy your files to your desktop drive (C:\). You might have to select your normal drive as the boot drive in BIOS since it might try and boot Windows from the laptop drive (which obviously won't work).

 
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ImgBurn had malicious codes that didn't make it past my security.
 
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Well, I put in the Vista HDD in the 2nd slot of the desktop. It has a parallel connector ( labeled P5 ) , but no connector for the PC like the working HDD has.
Going into My Computer does not show the vista HDD In BIOS it shows that " onboard IDE Hard Drive ( not present)
The old HDD boots up OK , but the PC doesn't recognize the other HDD.
Am I out of options ?
Thanks again for all of your time...
 
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