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Geek Culture / Booting WindowsXP Media Center Edition from a USB drive?

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Jrock
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Posted: 9th Jul 2007 04:46
Well, my computer won't start up. I can't start in safe mode, last known config, or normally.

Anyway, my next idea is to boot the PC from a flash drive. I heard that it is possible to copy some files from a working pc and use those to start WindowsXP from a usb drive.

If anyone here knows a way to do this, please tell me so I can backup my data.

Thanks-
Jrock


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indi
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Posted: 9th Jul 2007 06:38
Boot the machine from your original Windows CDrom to start with that and use the tools supplied first.

Failing that get yourself a live boot linux distro and boot from that, if your lucky and have some knowledge with linux you can mount the windows drive and either transfer it to another drive, usb stick or email it all to yourself to gmail or something, also burn it off with DVD's etc

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Posted: 9th Jul 2007 07:22
Boot from windows cd-rom, push enter, F8, then see if your windows xp install is detected. If it is, then do a repair on that...

could you please tell us what error you get?

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Aaron Miller
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Posted: 9th Jul 2007 10:05
@Jrock
Get on top of the empire state building. Aim for a person below, and drop your computer.... Make sure to send a video. We can then sell the video, and make enough money to buy both of us new computers! Problem solved.


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Xsnip3rX
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Posted: 9th Jul 2007 10:12
buy me a new motherboard and video card while you're at it?, thanks!

Jrock
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Posted: 9th Jul 2007 16:09
Quote: "Get on top of the empire state building. Aim for a person below, and drop your computer.... Make sure to send a video. We can then sell the video, and make enough money to buy both of us new computers! Problem solved.
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Sure, will that money bail me out of jail?

Quote: "buy me a new motherboard and video card while you're at it?, thanks! "


As stated above, if there is enough money left over after I'm bailed out of jail then yes, I will be sure to buy you a new "mobo" and video card.

On a serious note, I havn't tried using the Windows CD yet.
First let me explain how the problem started:

1.) I boot my computer and get the screen where you have the options for "Safe Mode",Last Known Good Config, etc.
2.) After trying all options, Windows loads for a bit then the computer restarts on its own.
3.) I diagnosed the problem to be in the hard drive by using PC Doctor.
4.) According to that scan I should not do a system restore.

So basically I don't get an error. It just restarts on its own.


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Posted: 9th Jul 2007 18:24 Edited at: 9th Jul 2007 18:25
Puppy Linux is a great tool to help you investigate/repair your hard drive.

Also investigate Acronis True Image for the future.

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