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3 Justin 3 · 04-02-2011, 03:20 PM

After 5.5 years of service and 3 HDD's my laptop just can't take it anymore and the third one crashed.

I'd be fine with that had I ever bothered to back-up my important files. However, all I back-up is my music and videos, none of my documents (I know, stupid me).

I have been trying to re-instal Windows XP (not fresh install, the one where it only re-installs Windows and keeps my files), but it keeps freezing at "Installing Start Up Items". From google I think that it is because of the disc (I don't have a proper one, I am using torrents + burning the image).

As of right now I have no idea what to do.

I can't enter safe mode because it crashes at mup.sys, re-installing windows doesn't work. Before that it would just loop trying to boot up.

Anything I can do to get some of my files off the hard-drive? Or should I take it to a computer tech, (what would they do to get back the files)?

Thanks CP.

04-02-2011, 03:20 PM	#1
3 Justin 3 Lifetime Suspension Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: On my metal monster. Exp:	Hard-drive is basically fired - how to get files out? After 5.5 years of service and 3 HDD's my laptop just can't take it anymore and the third one crashed. I'd be fine with that had I ever bothered to back-up my important files. However, all I back-up is my music and videos, none of my documents (I know, stupid me). I have been trying to re-instal Windows XP (not fresh install, the one where it only re-installs Windows and keeps my files), but it keeps freezing at "Installing Start Up Items". From google I think that it is because of the disc (I don't have a proper one, I am using torrents + burning the image). As of right now I have no idea what to do. I can't enter safe mode because it crashes at mup.sys, re-installing windows doesn't work. Before that it would just loop trying to boot up. Anything I can do to get some of my files off the hard-drive? Or should I take it to a computer tech, (what would they do to get back the files)? Thanks CP.