Jeff, Follow these instructions: http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm
Doesn't anyone in Boston have a USB to 2.5" HD adaptor that you could use to get your wife's files onto your or another machine? James > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Jeffrey Race > Sent: Friday, October 07, 2011 3:07 PM > To: Chris Schumann; [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] Install WXP Pro over Home > > 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
