Hi everyone,
I am a new member, I joined the forum today. The problem that brings me here is as follows:
I am having a laptop which was purchased about 11 months back. The operating system installed is Windows XP HOME. The problem is that the computer doesnt boot. It shows some error (something to do with the registry and the hive file) and makes more attempts to load windows and fails. I cannot even start it in safe mode.
All I have to do is retrieve the DATA stored on the HDD of the laptop. The DVD drive is faulty and it does not detect any CD/DVD so the option of booting from a disk is not there in my case. I have to find a way by which I can boot the laptop, access files and save them onto another drive (possibly a USB HDD or my desktop computer). I have heard about Booting from LAN and Booting from a USB Thumb/Pen Drive. That would require changes in BIOS settings.
I have another desktop computer which can possibly be used to boot my laptop. I checked the BIOS, on my laptop ( by Phoenix Technologies ) and it does not support booting from USB. There is an option of Network boot.
I am looking forward to some help. The data is very important for me and I want to retrieve it as early as I can. I have the Phoenix PXE server and ImageCast installed on my desktop computer.
Waiting for a reply very soon. Thanks in advance.
- immortalsoul
"together we grow" - anonymous
I am a new member, I joined the forum today. The problem that brings me here is as follows:
I am having a laptop which was purchased about 11 months back. The operating system installed is Windows XP HOME. The problem is that the computer doesnt boot. It shows some error (something to do with the registry and the hive file) and makes more attempts to load windows and fails. I cannot even start it in safe mode.
All I have to do is retrieve the DATA stored on the HDD of the laptop. The DVD drive is faulty and it does not detect any CD/DVD so the option of booting from a disk is not there in my case. I have to find a way by which I can boot the laptop, access files and save them onto another drive (possibly a USB HDD or my desktop computer). I have heard about Booting from LAN and Booting from a USB Thumb/Pen Drive. That would require changes in BIOS settings.
I have another desktop computer which can possibly be used to boot my laptop. I checked the BIOS, on my laptop ( by Phoenix Technologies ) and it does not support booting from USB. There is an option of Network boot.
I am looking forward to some help. The data is very important for me and I want to retrieve it as early as I can. I have the Phoenix PXE server and ImageCast installed on my desktop computer.
Waiting for a reply very soon. Thanks in advance.
- immortalsoul
"together we grow" - anonymous