with my bad drive i tried to do the windows recovery thing as well and i couldnt even get the command DIR to list anything on the drive. external enclosure didnt work either, havent tried actually putting it in the PC as a secondary drive.
luckily for me all i lost was some favorites and game saves.
OT: Need major WindowsXP tech help!
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Yeah, in the recovery mode you have limited commands at your disposal.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.as ... -US;314058
The best one in the list is the copy command, but notice the limitations. I know you can use Recovery console to copy files to your CD Burner, unsure about External devices.
Also may want to consider, booting from your USB Drive. IF you have a new BIOS you should see that option in you boot list. Now you will need to have your USB Drive have a bootable partition.
http://www.aaltonen.us/archive/2004/03/ ... -addendum/
This is talking about a usb key, but the steps should be the same. Of course, the slave drive approach will work very well, if you can get your hands on a spare drive.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.as ... -US;314058
The best one in the list is the copy command, but notice the limitations. I know you can use Recovery console to copy files to your CD Burner, unsure about External devices.
Also may want to consider, booting from your USB Drive. IF you have a new BIOS you should see that option in you boot list. Now you will need to have your USB Drive have a bootable partition.
http://www.aaltonen.us/archive/2004/03/ ... -addendum/
This is talking about a usb key, but the steps should be the same. Of course, the slave drive approach will work very well, if you can get your hands on a spare drive.
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