desktop, you get a blue screen during startup when this happens. On a
laptop, you often see messages like the one you described.
Boot off a floppy and see what is in the hard drive.
if you need to move a large amount of data and it has a cd-burner, you
might be able to go that route. If not, an external cdrw that plugs into
a USB port doesn't cost too much, and can be run via a command line.
Also, you don't need the manufacturer's 'restore' disk to restore a
corrupted OS. If it's win2k or XP, there is a whole restore system that
comes with every edition of the OS and it is vendor independent.
M
-----Original Message-----
From: brobborb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, February 02, 2004 12:27 PM
To: CF-Community
Subject: Fixing a Laptop
Hey guys, my ex's sister's SOny Viao is displaying a "OS corrupted" or
"OS not found" error. I dont have any experience fixing a laptop. How
should I fix it? There are a few files that need to be backed up. but
how do I back them up? With a regular PC i just take the hard drive and
load it on another computer and back it up into another drive. But how
can this be done with a laptop?
Also, they lost the original restore CD. is it possible to install a
clean new OS using a brand new windows XP cd? :D
please help!
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