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From: 3dom on 29 Jun 2010 06:15 Okay, I've looked everywhere on the Web for the answer, and all I've found is typical Windows "trouble-shooting" (that term now means rubbish documents, thank you Microsoft). Here is the way you do it. Take the hard drive out. Put it in a different PC. Make this drive the slave. It helps if the two PC's have similar settings etc. There will now be 2 drives in the new PC. The crappy drive that won't boot (blue screen of death drive) is now the slave in a different computer (just another storage drive). If it doesn't want to be the slave, only connect it's power cord (the big one) when the PC is already on. You won't be sucked through a portal, don't worry. You might need to reboot though. Download SyncToy 2.1 or whichever version they bring out next. Install it. Run it. You'll need to "pair"/"sync"/"compare" 2 folders with SyncToy. These 2 folders are... Windows\System32 (on good drive) and Windows\System32 (on bad drive). Run the synchronising thing so it puts in any dll's that are missing on the bad drive. Once it is done, put the bad drive back in the original PC. It should start ok, and at least you won't get the blue screen reboot. There might be a few graphics drivers and printer drivers or whatever that fail or give errors, but at least you have access to the PC and the mighty Google search. So fix up the little bugs and you'll be fine. -- 3dom ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3dom's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/members/238181.htm View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/windows-xp-support/33084.htm http://forums.techarena.in
From: Shenan Stanley on 29 Jun 2010 07:24 3dom wrote: > Okay, I've looked everywhere on the Web for the answer, and all I've > found is typical Windows "trouble-shooting" (that term now means > rubbish documents, thank you Microsoft). > > Here is the way you do it. > > Take the hard drive out. > Put it in a different PC. > Make this drive the slave. > It helps if the two PC's have similar settings etc. > > There will now be 2 drives in the new PC. > The crappy drive that won't boot (blue screen of death drive) is > now the slave in a different computer (just another storage drive). > If it doesn't want to be the slave, only connect it's power cord > (the big one) when the PC is already on. You won't be sucked > through a portal, don't worry. You might need to reboot though. > > Download SyncToy 2.1 or whichever version they bring out next. > Install it. > Run it. > > You'll need to "pair"/"sync"/"compare" 2 folders with SyncToy. > These 2 folders are... Windows\System32 (on good drive) and > Windows\System32 (on bad drive). Run the synchronising thing so it > puts in any dll's that are missing on the bad drive. > > Once it is done, put the bad drive back in the original PC. > > It should start ok, and at least you won't get the blue screen > reboot. There might be a few graphics drivers and printer drivers > or whatever that fail or give errors, but at least you have access > to the PC and the mighty Google search. So fix up the little bugs > and you'll be fine. I'd usually tell you not to bother using the leech site "techarena.in" - but - it's about where you belong with advice like that. While I have no doubt what you say may work in whatever world you live in - it is *not* the best solution to the issue and will come back to haunt you (albeit more likely the system will be replaced shortly after anyway - much like this original posting from 2004 you tacked onto. *grin*) -- Shenan Stanley MS-MVP -- How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
From: 3dom on 29 Jun 2010 22:54 Mate, where I belong is for me to decide. I was offering the best advice on this issue that is available on the web. It is also the most thorough and practical advice. All this other stuff I've seen doesn't get you around the problem. You say it will come back to haunt me and that is true, I am well aware of that. But what my method has done, however, is to get around the problem in a way that doesn't involve 10 years of expert specialisation in programming. The key thing that my method does, for anyone wanting to use it, is this: Gets you back into your PC, which has been locked by an error. From there, you can salvage what you need from your computer, put it on discs etc, and kiss your hard drive goodbye. Drives are cheap, but the content is priceless. and as for this post originating in 2004, it's irrelevant. If the post is relevant to your issue, the date is insignificant. I was just indulging in some light humor. Its quite therapeutic, you should give it a go some day. -- 3dom ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3dom's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/members/238181.htm View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/windows-xp-support/33084.htm http://forums.techarena.in
From: Peter Foldes on 30 Jun 2010 01:07 You are an idiot and let us leave at the. If you would have looked all over the net as you claim then obviously you would have come up with the following http://aumha.org/a/stop.php#0x21a -- Peter Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged. http://www.microsoft.com/protect "3dom" <3dom.4dcp1b(a)DoNotSpam.com> wrote in message news:3dom.4dcp1b(a)DoNotSpam.com... > > Mate, where I belong is for me to decide. > > I was offering the best advice on this issue that is available on the > web. > It is also the most thorough and practical advice. > > All this other stuff I've seen doesn't get you around the problem. > > You say it will come back to haunt me and that is true, I am well aware > of that. But what my method has done, however, is to get around the > problem in a way that doesn't involve 10 years of expert specialisation > in programming. > > The key thing that my method does, for anyone wanting to use it, is > this: > Gets you back into your PC, which has been locked by an error. From > there, you can salvage what you need from your computer, put it on discs > etc, and kiss your hard drive goodbye. Drives are cheap, but the content > is priceless. > > and as for this post originating in 2004, it's irrelevant. If the post > is relevant to your issue, the date is insignificant. I was just > indulging in some light humor. Its quite therapeutic, you should give it > a go some day. > > > -- > 3dom > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > 3dom's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/members/238181.htm > View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/windows-xp-support/33084.htm > > http://forums.techarena.in >
From: Hoyst Owen Petard on 30 Jun 2010 08:41
You are vying for the king of the HoopleHeads position! "3dom" <3dom.4dcp1b(a)DoNotSpam.com> wrote in message news:3dom.4dcp1b(a)DoNotSpam.com... : : Mate, where I belong is for me to decide. : : I was offering the best advice on this issue that is available on the : web. : It is also the most thorough and practical advice. : : All this other stuff I've seen doesn't get you around the problem. : : You say it will come back to haunt me and that is true, I am well aware : of that. But what my method has done, however, is to get around the : problem in a way that doesn't involve 10 years of expert specialisation : in programming. : : The key thing that my method does, for anyone wanting to use it, is : this: : Gets you back into your PC, which has been locked by an error. From : there, you can salvage what you need from your computer, put it on discs : etc, and kiss your hard drive goodbye. Drives are cheap, but the content : is priceless. : : and as for this post originating in 2004, it's irrelevant. If the post : is relevant to your issue, the date is insignificant. I was just : indulging in some light humor. Its quite therapeutic, you should give it : a go some day. : : : -- : 3dom : ------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 3dom's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/members/238181.htm : View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/windows-xp-support/33084.htm : : http://forums.techarena.in : |