On Fri, 07 Oct 2011 12:36:36 -0500, Chris Schumann wrote: >You should boot with a LiveCD such as Ubuntu Linux. That will mount the >internal drive and a USB drive. You should be able to copy files that way.
OK good idea but I have no such CD or way to make one. Could I download something to a thumb drive? If so please advise where and what is the minimum to put on the thumb drive to get to a prompt to xcopy. (The Acer can boot from a USB Cd.) > >Or, you could try to fix wifey's machine, or at least get it bootable. Cannot boot the machine; that is the problem; error is "Hive Is Missing or Damaged" >Then you could use Windows' migration tools to save the data. Does this appear if I run the WXP Pro install CD? tks again _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
