| Forum Home | ||||
| Press F1 | ||||
| Thread ID: 67894 | 2006-04-09 09:53:00 | Windows Reapir Install Not Installing | The_End_Of_Reality (334) | Press F1 |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 445203 | 2006-04-09 09:53:00 | Hey People :) BIG problem, a friend suggested doing a repair install of Windows before putting anything down to hardware issues so.... I went into the repair setup of the windows CD (Booted from CD) and selected "Repair", it installed some files then rebooted and only gets through 5 mins of the counter and stops. Anyway, I am currently running on a Linux Live CD and was wondering if there is anyway I can get to the Windows partition to get any important data off and reformat (or get it to finish the repair.) :help: Thanks :) |
The_End_Of_Reality (334) | ||
| 445204 | 2006-04-09 10:35:00 | Pop in a USB flash drive and transfer important data on to that. That should fix the critical files bit. | bob_doe_nz (92) | ||
| 445205 | 2006-04-09 10:41:00 | Yes I would, the only problem is that I am not sure how to get into the windows NTFS partition, I can not find it under the "Places" or "Computer" folders. I should also mention I am using Ubuntu V5.04 |
The_End_Of_Reality (334) | ||
| 445206 | 2006-04-09 10:45:00 | Reboot the computer WITH the usb stick already in. What happens...? Its supposed to show an icon on the desktop already when its connected. |
bob_doe_nz (92) | ||
| 445207 | 2006-04-09 10:53:00 | No no, you have the wrong end :p I can 'see' the USB stick, I can not see the windows partition of the HDD. The usb stick shows an icon on the desktop, thats all good... |
The_End_Of_Reality (334) | ||
| 445208 | 2006-04-09 11:01:00 | Yes I would, the only problem is that I am not sure how to get into the windows NTFS partition, I can not find it under the "Places" or "Computer" folders. I should also mention I am using Ubuntu V5.04 Could I take it you have not sent your really important stuff to CD / DVD and/or not backed up in any way. You may well have a hardware issue anyway. It may also be a registry problem. How was your hard drive or drives partitioned? Can you boot off a Win CD? |
Sweep (90) | ||
| 445209 | 2006-04-09 11:07:00 | Well the stuff is not REALLY important but.... pretty much yes :blush: The drive is partitioned 50gb for windows and the rest for storage, all docs, pics, music, videos and stuff are on the 'Storage' I can boot off a WinCD but only to the setup stage, ie not login |
The_End_Of_Reality (334) | ||
| 445210 | 2006-04-09 11:17:00 | Give Dr Who a call, he might be able to take you back a few days so you can back up the data first. If you important files are on a seperate partition you should be fine to format and reinstall in the windows partition. Or slave the drive to another PC, take ownership (support.microsoft.com) if you have to then backup. |
Rob99 (151) | ||
| 445211 | 2006-04-09 11:20:00 | True, I never thought of that Rob. Anyway, I will see what it is like in the morning, if it will resume the repair or what :groan: |
The_End_Of_Reality (334) | ||
| 445212 | 2006-04-10 04:18:00 | Well I resumed and even left it running during the day and it still said 34 mins remaining 15 mins ago, as far as I know there is not impt data on there, only my plam notes and saved games that I can think of so... full format will have to be :( oh well what has to be has to be.... | The_End_Of_Reality (334) | ||
| 1 2 | |||||