David J Brooks wrote: > Just one more question before i turn it off. If i cannot boot up at > all, can i still get some one to install a new HD and load up my XP > etc, then have the new C drive read the old drive, say as D drive or > what ever, or is it fails am i toast.
First, don't turn it off until you have the new drive beside it and you're ready to do the install. Second, don't turn it off until you've burned yourself a copy of a "Boot from CD" version of Linux like Knoppix. If worse comes to worst, that bootable CD might let you recover (some of) your data even if the drive won't boot. If you're lucky, the failure is under some software rather than your data files. You'd just boot the Knoppix (or whatever) CD and use its tools to copy stuff from the hard drive partition(s) to some other location, like a thumb drive or external hard drive or something. > A few programs on the existing C that i might have trouble reloading, IYKWIM That's always a risk, and there's usually not anything you can do at this stage of the game. You can help avoid this by maintaining good archives (physical) of the CDs, download files, and installation keys for all of your software. -- Thanks, DougF (KG4LMZ) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
