I went home at noon to try some more things. It will only let me run some commands from the Windows prompt--nothing useful that I can find. I can't seem to be able to get to a DOS prompt (cuz Gates did away with that?). I listed the commands it 'would' let me do and, not knowing that much couldn't figure anything out. I tried to copy my files to a CD but it wouldn't copy "wildcards" or directories. Bummer! So I tried the "Logon" command. It again asked for the Administrator password. I'm stuck there cuz I don't have one and it won't just let me hit Enter to go on. Any suggestions on that?
I thought I'd try "FIXBOOT", but when it asked if I was sure I wanted to create another boot drive on C: I chickened out since I didn't know what the heck I was doing. :) I have another hard drive that I could use I suppose, but I'd have to format it wouldn't I? There's not enough room on it for Windows and the files that are already there. I hate to lose some of them, but not as much as the ones that are on C. Man I'm getting frustrated. If I ever get this fixed I'm going to have to seriously rethink how I have this whole thing set up. I know about those 'techs'. It hasn't been that long ago since I bought this computer from one who 'built' it for me. I could have built it myself for half as much (I've done it before), but did I? Nooooooooo. Diane --- In [email protected], jpurcell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Diane, > > > I wish I'd done that this time because I don't want to lose the > > data that's going > > to be lost if I have to reinstall Windows. :( > > > I suspect that if someone doesn't come up with a solution to your > problem you may need to get professional help. And if you go that > route be very careful, there are a lot of people out there who > masquerade as computer techs who are NOT. Before you let a tech do > anything, make him tell you what he will do and whether he is certain > that it will work. > > Another idea that just came to mind may not be any more expensive than > a tech. Buy a new hard drive, install it [it's not difficult], install > Windows and then install the old drive as a second drive and maybe you > can get your data back if the problem was not a major hard drive > failure. > Jim > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > ------------------------------------ If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
