Cannot get past the boot screen

ABOU · 11-11-2005, 06:55 AM

switched my pc on last nite and i tried to attach my usb pen drive when an electric current made the pc crash. Since this has happened i can not boot my pc past the windows screen without it restarting, i cant even boot in to safe mode. I swapped the hard drive to make sue the pc was working and everything was fine and i could check the files on my other hard drive and so dicided to copy them over in order to do a reformat.

BUT my documents are protected files via windows (when making your account you can specify your files to be protected) so i can not access them via windows on my working harddriveother windows.

I am unable to boot to my harddrive the files are stored on to edit the settings.

How would i go about retreiving the data ? I have around 11gb of files that i really dont want to loose as most of them are not backed up.

a wondows file is missing or damaged and my windows was closed to save my files thats what windows has told me but i cannot boot in to safe mode to fix this ?

How would i get around this ??

technobeast · 11-19-2005, 02:14 AM

Is this WinXP? The Administrator account should work I think.

NealT · 11-25-2005, 05:30 AM

Had that happen to me. What I did was find another computer...and not use that drive as the boot drive. I hooked it up as a drive on that system and was able to transfer all of the files over. I then reformatted the original drive.

ABOU · 11-27-2005, 08:45 AM

yes its windows xp.

Neal man i tried that im using another harddrive atm and i hooked the otherone up as a slave to try and transfer my files over. The files are not just on the c drive though they are in my documents which are private and i cant simply drag the files over when running the other drive as a slave. I cant even get in to the folder to look at them

**DreamCaster** · 11-29-2005, 08:57 AM

Is this an NTFS partition?

If it is you may be able to use this to retrieve your data:

ReadNTFS Utility

Hope this helps

~Peace
DC

ABOU · 11-30-2005, 01:25 PM

i beleive it is NTFS il give it a shot and man thanks u have no idea how this is gonna save my ass.

11-11-2005, 06:55 AM	#1 (permalink)
ABOU Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: NORTHERN IRELAND Posts: 460	Unable To Retreive protected files switched my pc on last nite and i tried to attach my usb pen drive when an electric current made the pc crash. Since this has happened i can not boot my pc past the windows screen without it restarting, i cant even boot in to safe mode. I swapped the hard drive to make sue the pc was working and everything was fine and i could check the files on my other hard drive and so dicided to copy them over in order to do a reformat. BUT my documents are protected files via windows (when making your account you can specify your files to be protected) so i can not access them via windows on my working harddriveother windows. I am unable to boot to my harddrive the files are stored on to edit the settings. How would i go about retreiving the data ? I have around 11gb of files that i really dont want to loose as most of them are not backed up. a wondows file is missing or damaged and my windows was closed to save my files thats what windows has told me but i cannot boot in to safe mode to fix this ? How would i get around this ?? Last edited by ABOU; 11-14-2005 at 04:10 PM. Reason: need help

11-19-2005, 02:14 AM	#2 (permalink)
technobeast The Grim Reaper! Join Date: May 2002 Location: Bulgaria Posts: 2,387	Is this WinXP? The Administrator account should work I think. __________________ Liked this post and found it helpful? Click on the image under my avatar to add to my reputation

11-29-2005, 08:57 AM	#5 (permalink)
DreamCaster Tune Raider Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: New England Posts: 1,353	Is this an NTFS partition? If it is you may be able to use this to retrieve your data: ReadNTFS Utility Hope this helps ~Peace DC __________________ Boston Red Sox - 2004 World Champions New England Patriots - '02, '04, '05 Superbowl Champions

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11-25-2005, 05:30 AM	#3 (permalink)
NealT In Front of my Puter Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 141	Had that happen to me. What I did was find another computer...and not use that drive as the boot drive. I hooked it up as a drive on that system and was able to transfer all of the files over. I then reformatted the original drive.

11-27-2005, 08:45 AM	#4 (permalink)
ABOU Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: NORTHERN IRELAND Posts: 460	yes its windows xp. Neal man i tried that im using another harddrive atm and i hooked the otherone up as a slave to try and transfer my files over. The files are not just on the c drive though they are in my documents which are private and i cant simply drag the files over when running the other drive as a slave. I cant even get in to the folder to look at them

11-30-2005, 01:25 PM	#6 (permalink)
ABOU Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: NORTHERN IRELAND Posts: 460	i beleive it is NTFS il give it a shot and man thanks u have no idea how this is gonna save my ass.