Need to retrieve data from C: drive

mcornbill · 06-17-2006, 08:27 AM

Hi all

So I had 6 windows updates yesterday on my PC and since then it has been stuck in a boot loop. Tried safe mode, last known good configuration but still no joy. I have also just tried a linux boot disc called Knoppix but it just brings up media error (bad sector) messages for a few minutes and then halts.

I'm happy if I can just get My Documents off the hard drive. I have tried XP recovery console but it wont allow me to go into the 'Documents and Settings' folder - says access denied. Yet I can get into other folders? Besides this even if I did get in I have no other drive to copy my documents to. My floppy drive doesn't work. I have 2 other hdd's in, one on IDE and one on RAID.

Can anyone tell me if there is a way of copying files from 'My Documents' on my C: drive to a USB stick, or another one of my hdd's, from DOS without using a floppy drive!

Cheers
Mark

Judgment123 · 06-17-2006, 09:50 AM

If you have another computer or any friends who have computers you could try installing your hard drive in their computer and having them transfer your docs off your drive and onto their computer... If you have more than one hard drive you could try taking out the bad drive, installing an OS on one of the good drives and then reinstalling the bad drive to transfer the files over to one of the good drives.

colzie · 06-17-2006, 11:39 AM

Hi

If your HD is completely kaput this program is good for retrieving files from dead or dying HDs it is called restoration WinSFX32 Self Extractor for Windows.You will need to google it as I dont have a link

Colzie

~~whodat~~ · 06-18-2006, 02:34 AM

http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;EN-US;308419

06-17-2006, 08:27 AM	#1 (permalink)
mcornbill Registered User Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Birmingham Posts: 218 OS: Windows XP MCE\Vista Ultimate	Need to retrieve data from C: drive Hi all So I had 6 windows updates yesterday on my PC and since then it has been stuck in a boot loop. Tried safe mode, last known good configuration but still no joy. I have also just tried a linux boot disc called Knoppix but it just brings up media error (bad sector) messages for a few minutes and then halts. I'm happy if I can just get My Documents off the hard drive. I have tried XP recovery console but it wont allow me to go into the 'Documents and Settings' folder - says access denied. Yet I can get into other folders? Besides this even if I did get in I have no other drive to copy my documents to. My floppy drive doesn't work. I have 2 other hdd's in, one on IDE and one on RAID. Can anyone tell me if there is a way of copying files from 'My Documents' on my C: drive to a USB stick, or another one of my hdd's, from DOS without using a floppy drive! Cheers Mark

06-17-2006, 09:50 AM	#2 (permalink)
Judgment123 Registered User Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 34 OS: Fedora Core 7, Win XP, Vista Home Premium	If you have another computer or any friends who have computers you could try installing your hard drive in their computer and having them transfer your docs off your drive and onto their computer... If you have more than one hard drive you could try taking out the bad drive, installing an OS on one of the good drives and then reinstalling the bad drive to transfer the files over to one of the good drives. Last edited by Judgment123; 06-17-2006 at 09:51 AM.

06-17-2006, 11:39 AM	#3 (permalink)
colzie Registered User Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Scotland Posts: 172 OS: XP PRO SP3 My System	Hi If your HD is completely kaput this program is good for retrieving files from dead or dying HDs it is called restoration WinSFX32 Self Extractor for Windows.You will need to google it as I dont have a link Colzie

06-18-2006, 02:34 AM	#4 (permalink)
~~whodat~~ Register user Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 5,915 OS: XP	http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;EN-US;308419