From: 3dom on

Okay, I've looked everywhere on the Web for the answer, and all I've
found is typical Windows "trouble-shooting" (that term now means rubbish
documents, thank you Microsoft).

Here is the way you do it.

Take the hard drive out.
Put it in a different PC.
Make this drive the slave.
It helps if the two PC's have similar settings etc.

There will now be 2 drives in the new PC.
The crappy drive that won't boot (blue screen of death drive) is now the
slave in a different computer (just another storage drive).
If it doesn't want to be the slave, only connect it's power cord (the
big one) when the PC is already on. You won't be sucked through a
portal, don't worry. You might need to reboot though.

Download SyncToy 2.1 or whichever version they bring out next.
Install it.
Run it.

You'll need to "pair"/"sync"/"compare" 2 folders with SyncToy.
These 2 folders are... Windows\System32 (on good drive) and
Windows\System32 (on bad drive). Run the synchronising thing so it puts
in any dll's that are missing on the bad drive.

Once it is done, put the bad drive back in the original PC.

It should start ok, and at least you won't get the blue screen reboot.
There might be a few graphics drivers and printer drivers or whatever
that fail or give errors, but at least you have access to the PC and the
mighty Google search. So fix up the little bugs and you'll be fine.


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From: Shenan Stanley on
3dom wrote:
> Okay, I've looked everywhere on the Web for the answer, and all I've
> found is typical Windows "trouble-shooting" (that term now means
> rubbish documents, thank you Microsoft).
>
> Here is the way you do it.
>
> Take the hard drive out.
> Put it in a different PC.
> Make this drive the slave.
> It helps if the two PC's have similar settings etc.
>
> There will now be 2 drives in the new PC.
> The crappy drive that won't boot (blue screen of death drive) is
> now the slave in a different computer (just another storage drive).
> If it doesn't want to be the slave, only connect it's power cord
> (the big one) when the PC is already on. You won't be sucked
> through a portal, don't worry. You might need to reboot though.
>
> Download SyncToy 2.1 or whichever version they bring out next.
> Install it.
> Run it.
>
> You'll need to "pair"/"sync"/"compare" 2 folders with SyncToy.
> These 2 folders are... Windows\System32 (on good drive) and
> Windows\System32 (on bad drive). Run the synchronising thing so it
> puts in any dll's that are missing on the bad drive.
>
> Once it is done, put the bad drive back in the original PC.
>
> It should start ok, and at least you won't get the blue screen
> reboot. There might be a few graphics drivers and printer drivers
> or whatever that fail or give errors, but at least you have access
> to the PC and the mighty Google search. So fix up the little bugs
> and you'll be fine.

I'd usually tell you not to bother using the leech site "techarena.in" -
but - it's about where you belong with advice like that. While I have no
doubt what you say may work in whatever world you live in - it is *not* the
best solution to the issue and will come back to haunt you (albeit more
likely the system will be replaced shortly after anyway - much like this
original posting from 2004 you tacked onto. *grin*)

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From: 3dom on

Mate, where I belong is for me to decide.

I was offering the best advice on this issue that is available on the
web.
It is also the most thorough and practical advice.

All this other stuff I've seen doesn't get you around the problem.

You say it will come back to haunt me and that is true, I am well aware
of that. But what my method has done, however, is to get around the
problem in a way that doesn't involve 10 years of expert specialisation
in programming.

The key thing that my method does, for anyone wanting to use it, is
this:
Gets you back into your PC, which has been locked by an error. From
there, you can salvage what you need from your computer, put it on discs
etc, and kiss your hard drive goodbye. Drives are cheap, but the content
is priceless.

and as for this post originating in 2004, it's irrelevant. If the post
is relevant to your issue, the date is insignificant. I was just
indulging in some light humor. Its quite therapeutic, you should give it
a go some day.


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From: Peter Foldes on
You are an idiot and let us leave at the. If you would have looked all over the net
as you claim then obviously you would have come up with the following

http://aumha.org/a/stop.php#0x21a

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> Mate, where I belong is for me to decide.
>
> I was offering the best advice on this issue that is available on the
> web.
> It is also the most thorough and practical advice.
>
> All this other stuff I've seen doesn't get you around the problem.
>
> You say it will come back to haunt me and that is true, I am well aware
> of that. But what my method has done, however, is to get around the
> problem in a way that doesn't involve 10 years of expert specialisation
> in programming.
>
> The key thing that my method does, for anyone wanting to use it, is
> this:
> Gets you back into your PC, which has been locked by an error. From
> there, you can salvage what you need from your computer, put it on discs
> etc, and kiss your hard drive goodbye. Drives are cheap, but the content
> is priceless.
>
> and as for this post originating in 2004, it's irrelevant. If the post
> is relevant to your issue, the date is insignificant. I was just
> indulging in some light humor. Its quite therapeutic, you should give it
> a go some day.
>
>
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From: Hoyst Owen Petard on
You are vying for the king of the HoopleHeads position!

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: Mate, where I belong is for me to decide.
:
: I was offering the best advice on this issue that is available on the
: web.
: It is also the most thorough and practical advice.
:
: All this other stuff I've seen doesn't get you around the problem.
:
: You say it will come back to haunt me and that is true, I am well aware
: of that. But what my method has done, however, is to get around the
: problem in a way that doesn't involve 10 years of expert specialisation
: in programming.
:
: The key thing that my method does, for anyone wanting to use it, is
: this:
: Gets you back into your PC, which has been locked by an error. From
: there, you can salvage what you need from your computer, put it on discs
: etc, and kiss your hard drive goodbye. Drives are cheap, but the content
: is priceless.
:
: and as for this post originating in 2004, it's irrelevant. If the post
: is relevant to your issue, the date is insignificant. I was just
: indulging in some light humor. Its quite therapeutic, you should give it
: a go some day.
:
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