Ooooh, ooooh, I know!! We recently started exploring BartPE that you have to kind of assemble yourself but is really a version of Windows XP that allows you to view the hard drive. It isn't horribly difficult but you *NEED* a version of Windows XP to build the disk. It's not horribly difficult, just follow the instructions from the web site. http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/ (The URL looks odd but it is legitimate)
BartPE will then allow you to use USB devices to back up files as long as there is not significant hardware failure but then you probably wouldn't get a "BSOD" if it didn't see the drive. If that won't work for you, try Knoppix Linux. You can download the "ISO" image, extract it to a CDROM and boot from that. Knoppix will read an NTFS drive and has some USB abilities. http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/index-en.html Hope this helps. - Todd -----Original Message----- From: Diane Schips [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2005 4:02 PM To: wdvltalk@lists.wdvl.com Subject: [wdvltalk] Serious hard drive problem I'm trying to help my parents with their computer. It keeps freezing. They were running Windows 98se, so I sought to upgrade them to Windows 200 prof. At the point where the OS starts looking for installed components, it freezes. Rebooting doesn't help, it just keeps freezing. I tried putting the hard drive in another computer. I get past the notification that it has been upgraded to NTFS, then I get the blue screen of death. If I try to use it as a slave, I get a message that it is unformatted. Nothing was backed up of course. Is there anything I can do to save the data? Diane ____ • The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM • ____ To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] or use the web interface http://e-newsletters.internet.com/discussionlists.html/ Send Your Posts To: wdvltalk@lists.wdvl.com To change subscription settings, add a password or view the web interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/read/?forum=wdvltalk ________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: unknown lmsubst tag argument: '' To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with.
