I killed my system....A bit too much to go into....I am hoping the files on my drive are still in tact.I am trying to get back on line.Right now i am with out a computer....All of my 2007 and 2008 files were backed up and most of my 2009 files but not all....
My neighbor is a Boeing Engineer and a computer programer hes helping me as his time allows.The system will not boot and will not go into safe mode...Files do load and he says thats a good thing. The files might be in the folders and safe.
I bought a 500 gig drive and need to set the OS up on that...I also bought a case to put the old drive into and it hooks up by way of a USB cable.If anyone understands what i'm talking about.I am hoping to access the drive that way and transfer the files onto the new drive but at this time i do not know how exstensive the damage is to the OS or drive. Just that it will not boot.
I dont have much computer knowledge or anyone to help me other then the neighbor.I am on my moms computer. My biggest concern id the few thousand files on my drive.The OS i use is XP... Today i will try to set up XP on the new 500 gig drive i got....Of concern to me is the drive i needed was a IDE drive...Staples sold me a PATA drive and told me its the same connection as the IDE drive,same cables but that does not seem right..But i dont know i just have to find someone that knows and ask them...
I have not slept much the past 2 days just being very stressed that i may of lost some files...I am hoping once the new drive is up and going i can connect to the old one with the USB cable and pull the files off of it and the FIRST thing i will do is all gets copied to my back up drive. IF i can get to them that is....I also have to buy a used cd drive as i dont have one.
Most likely it will be a few more days before i have a computer and net access..I have a shoot wednesday with a girl named Monica and wont be able to even down load the files.
My neighbor is a Boeing Engineer and a computer programer hes helping me as his time allows.The system will not boot and will not go into safe mode...Files do load and he says thats a good thing. The files might be in the folders and safe.
I bought a 500 gig drive and need to set the OS up on that...I also bought a case to put the old drive into and it hooks up by way of a USB cable.If anyone understands what i'm talking about.I am hoping to access the drive that way and transfer the files onto the new drive but at this time i do not know how exstensive the damage is to the OS or drive. Just that it will not boot.
I dont have much computer knowledge or anyone to help me other then the neighbor.I am on my moms computer. My biggest concern id the few thousand files on my drive.The OS i use is XP... Today i will try to set up XP on the new 500 gig drive i got....Of concern to me is the drive i needed was a IDE drive...Staples sold me a PATA drive and told me its the same connection as the IDE drive,same cables but that does not seem right..But i dont know i just have to find someone that knows and ask them...
I have not slept much the past 2 days just being very stressed that i may of lost some files...I am hoping once the new drive is up and going i can connect to the old one with the USB cable and pull the files off of it and the FIRST thing i will do is all gets copied to my back up drive. IF i can get to them that is....I also have to buy a used cd drive as i dont have one.
Most likely it will be a few more days before i have a computer and net access..I have a shoot wednesday with a girl named Monica and wont be able to even down load the files.