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Number   :  4884
Date     :  2003-06-25
Author   :  james sadler
Subject  :  Re: dead drive - sort of
Size(KB) :  2


 Kan if my memory is right the standard install
on Win98 formats the hard drive. If the user doesn't
know how to do a custon install he is going to loose
everything. A lot of home users work with one hard
drive and have no way to backup there hard drives to
another drive. In this fellows case he may have a
second PC but he may or may not have room to do a good
backup. Some folks are better off seeking aid from an
advanced user in situations like his.
--- Kan Yabumoto  wrote:
> 
> Jonah wrote:
> 
> >my win 98se drive is gone. it won't boot, HOWEVER
> the dir can be read
> >via the 'dos' bootup disc i downloaded.
> >
> >i have a win 98 old computer that runs fine.
> >
> >so i attached the old drive to 2nd ide port and
> booted in safe mode.
> >when you touch the 'new'/busted drive the computer
> freezes. so i
> >thought xxcopy would allow me to pull some of my
> doc/files off that i
> >need.
> >
> >i even made the xxcopy16 boot disc you recommend,
> but still i can't
> >get myself into a proper dos enviornment. the win
> 98 window just sitd
> >there trying to boot. althought the little blue
> wave at the bottom
> >keeps moving....
> >
> >any thoughts?
> >jonah
> 
> Apparently, some files (probably the system registry
> file
> (c:\windows\system.dat) is corrupted.
> 
> You should have made a bootable clone following the
> /CLONE article:
> 
> http://www.xxcopy.com/clone
> 
> Now, it's too late. First, try running in
> "Safe-Mode".
> When your Win98 starts up, keep hitting the F8 key
> which
> will bring up the initial boot menu from which you
> may
> choose the safe mode entry. If you are lucky,
> exiting
> from safe mode will fix some minor problems and you
> will regain the fully operational Win environment.
> 
> If it cannot go that far, just re-install Win98
> again.
> You will probably lose some system settings (such as
> how your user-preferences were set). But, as long
> as
> user-files are intact, reinstallation won't hurt.
> 
> But, before the re-installation, I suggest you run
> a backup even using XXCOPY16. Most files should be
> recovered --- you may still lose LFN but the
> contents
> of the files will be there.
> 
> Kan Yabumoto
> 
> 
> 


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