Hi, a friend of mine got a virus in her computer, I researched the virus and read how to remove the virus which I had planned to do via the safety mode to remove the virus. However before I got her computer a family member pulled out the hard drive and put it back in. Now I’m getting a Disk boot failure, insert system disk. She had no virus protection software and it was a send money to FBI virus.
She bought a new Windows 8 computer but she needs her inventory off the old computer. No one cares if this computer ever works correct again, all we need is to get off the inventory software or a copy of the inventory backed up on a usb drive.
The computer is a Pavillion a1600n windows xp.
Before I create a boot CD or use one of my old windows xp CD’s I have here.
1) If I use a Boot CD will all the information on the hard drive be erased?
2) I can get the F1 set up screen, is there any way to go to the software programs that way?
Any advice would be wonderful.
Thank you for your time
Kimberly
added: Resolving Startup Problems (Windows XP, Me, and 98) HP Pavilion Media Center a1600n Desktop PC | HP® Support...
Anyone know what kind of hard drive this computer should be finding? In the start up the only thing listed in the CD/DVD drive. I have a feeling it is not even finding the hard drive.
She bought a new Windows 8 computer but she needs her inventory off the old computer. No one cares if this computer ever works correct again, all we need is to get off the inventory software or a copy of the inventory backed up on a usb drive.
The computer is a Pavillion a1600n windows xp.
Before I create a boot CD or use one of my old windows xp CD’s I have here.
1) If I use a Boot CD will all the information on the hard drive be erased?
2) I can get the F1 set up screen, is there any way to go to the software programs that way?
Any advice would be wonderful.
Thank you for your time
Kimberly
added: Resolving Startup Problems (Windows XP, Me, and 98) HP Pavilion Media Center a1600n Desktop PC | HP® Support...
Anyone know what kind of hard drive this computer should be finding? In the start up the only thing listed in the CD/DVD drive. I have a feeling it is not even finding the hard drive.