I had a computer that could not boot up (Windows XP). I was given an error that said "windows could not start because the following file is corrupt or not found. C:\windows\system32\config\system.
It told me to put the Windows setup CD in and run restore to try to fix the problem. I put it in, and then it gave me a command prompt after pressing "r" in the windows setup program. I went to microsoft's website found the information that I needed to fix the problem. (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307545)
Well I got to the 5th step, and wrote 2 lines in the command prompt and then my computer restarted. i was unable to boot up to anything at all then. I just got the screen that normally comes up when you boot up. It said "Gateway" and pres F2 and F10 for boot menu and setup.
I pulled that hard drive out and put in in another computer to see if I could just copy the relevant files that I would like to save off of it (basically everything done in the past 2 weeks (time since my last backup). Instead now when I boot up my other computer with both drives in it and go to My Computer I am shown that bad drive as the E:drive. And instead of the 250 GB that is is supposed to be, it only shows about 5GB total and about 3.5GB of used space. When I double click on the drive i am shown a folder that says system volume information.
Is there any way to get that hard drive back so I can just copy some stuff off of it while piggy backing off my other computer?
It told me to put the Windows setup CD in and run restore to try to fix the problem. I put it in, and then it gave me a command prompt after pressing "r" in the windows setup program. I went to microsoft's website found the information that I needed to fix the problem. (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307545)
Well I got to the 5th step, and wrote 2 lines in the command prompt and then my computer restarted. i was unable to boot up to anything at all then. I just got the screen that normally comes up when you boot up. It said "Gateway" and pres F2 and F10 for boot menu and setup.
I pulled that hard drive out and put in in another computer to see if I could just copy the relevant files that I would like to save off of it (basically everything done in the past 2 weeks (time since my last backup). Instead now when I boot up my other computer with both drives in it and go to My Computer I am shown that bad drive as the E:drive. And instead of the 250 GB that is is supposed to be, it only shows about 5GB total and about 3.5GB of used space. When I double click on the drive i am shown a folder that says system volume information.
Is there any way to get that hard drive back so I can just copy some stuff off of it while piggy backing off my other computer?
