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mzadotcom   02-07-2012 at 08:16:38 AM

I have an older laptop running Windows MCE & the graphic card just failed. As there's no way the screen comes on now, I could use some help saving the OS, if possible, on the still-working HDD.

I've already managed to rescue all my files using Knoppix Liniux Boot CD. Just need some assistance, again, if possible, with saving the OS that's on the HDD. There's 20+ key activations still left on it as I never reformatted or did a fresh install of the OS. Seems like a big waste of perfectly good software if I just erase everything on there.

The HDD is 160GB IDE 2.5 drive, if that helps in any way.

Thanks in advance.

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brythespy   02-08-2012 at 07:17:54 AM
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http://www.hirensbootcd.org/download/

Hirens boot CD has some OS saving software as well as a Mini XP OS environmment that you can edit and browse files on the Hard drive.

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mzadotcom   02-08-2012 at 11:51:07 PM

Thanks for the suggestion. Going to look into that later in the day & will post the results.

Cheers.

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mzadotcom   02-15-2012 at 06:34:18 AM

brythespy wrote :

http://www.hirensbootcd.org/download/

Hirens boot CD has some OS saving software as well as a Mini XP OS environmment that you can edit and browse files on the Hard drive.



Checked it out. Very impressive. Have never heard of it before. There seems to be a fantastic set of miscellaneous tools to pick from.

Haven't had a chance to use any of the recovery softwares yet as I'm researching what each one does.

Big thumbs up to you, since you're the only person who has helped me out here :D. Cheers.

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mzadotcom   02-22-2012 at 01:59:26 AM

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------------------------------ CM Stacker 830 SE Case | Real Power Pro 1000W PSU | GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3L Mainboard | Intel Quad Core Q6600 CPU Overclocked to 3.0GHz | WD Raptor X 150GB HDD | 8GB G.SKILL 1066 RAM | Win 7 Ultimate 64-bit
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