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To: EQAndyBuzz
Sounds like your boot sector is hosed.

If that is the case then all you have to do is restore from that image you took of your C:\drive last week and stored on external storage.

Didn't make one? Then reinstall the OS after formatting the drive. Then restore your sensitive data...from the backup you made last week on external storage...back in place and start the process of configuring Winders.

Didn't backup the sensitive data? Hmmm....got nuthin' except start from scratch.

32 posted on 05/04/2012 3:24:03 PM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (I will not comply. I will NEVER submit.)
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34 posted on 05/04/2012 3:47:46 PM PDT by Bikkuri
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

Could he take the hard drive out and install it into another computer (that has all antivirus and anti malware up to date), find and copy “My Documents” etc, reformat the failing drive, then install into “old” box and then reinstall windows?

Or just but a new disk drive install windows and then antivirus and antimalware and then search for my Docs ??


37 posted on 05/04/2012 4:22:28 PM PDT by John Galt's cousin (Principled Conservatism NOW! * * * * * * * * * * Repeal the 17th Amendment!)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

Could he take the hard drive out and install it into another computer (that has all antivirus and anti malware up to date), find and copy “My Documents” etc, reformat the failing drive, then install into “old” box and then reinstall windows?

Or just but a new disk drive install windows and then antivirus and antimalware and then search for my Docs ??


38 posted on 05/04/2012 4:26:07 PM PDT by John Galt's cousin (Principled Conservatism NOW! * * * * * * * * * * Repeal the 17th Amendment!)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

What’s a backup? You mean I am supposed to do something with all that file stuff that is sitting on that spinning thingy inside that big black box under my desk?

Seriously. Everything is backed up.


43 posted on 05/04/2012 9:36:33 PM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (Would you rather eat dog food or cat food? Guess it's Romney 2012.)
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