reinstall problems
| General Hardware Forum Discuss, reinstall problems at Computer Hardware forum; internet connection went wonky when i changed back to dial up, and the .dll files were missing and it then said i didn't have admin rights to install new software, so i thought i'd repair windows. i backed up all the software i was keeping to my 2nd HDD and |
Posted: 02-02-2006 - #1
| internet connection went wonky when i changed back to dial up, and the .dll files were missing and it then said i didn't have admin rights to install new software, so i thought i'd repair windows. i backed up all the software i was keeping to my 2nd HDD and then repaired windows, it was even worse, so i reinstalled windows (quick format) and now i can't access my 2nd HDD to retrieve all the software, i have gave it a drive letter, but now when i try to access it, it wants to format the drive. is there anyway for me to keep the software on the drive and be able to access it? |
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Posted: 03-02-2006 - #2
| Hopefully you quick formatted the correct drive.  Not that this is going to help, but when I do a full reinstall I always unplug the backup drive. 
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Posted: 03-02-2006 - #3
| yip, formatted the correct drive, 120 Gb maxtor, didn't think that not unplugging it would matter as i wasn't touching it, is there any recovery software that i could use to even access the drive |
Posted: 03-02-2006 - #4
| There are several, there is also BartPE which is freeware. http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/
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Posted: 03-02-2006 - #5
| cheers iss, but i have sorted it out. i used a program called stellar phoenix ntfs, which saw all the files and i was able to transfer over to the good HDD and now i have formatted and transfered them back, and also i have made an image of C drive with Acronis True Image, so hope fully this will all help me. time consuming mistake by me   |
Posted: 03-02-2006 - #6
| Stellar phoenix is an excellent program I have used it several times.
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Posted: 04-02-2006 - #7
| thanks for the link to BartPE, i'll have a look at it when i get my broadband installed, going back to dial up is cr*p |
Posted: 04-02-2006 - #8
| be glad you have the choice of having broadband. I am stuck with dialup with no choice of having broad band anytime soon.
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Posted: 04-02-2006 - #9
| so, maybe not having it means that you've not had to go back to it  (i hope you know what i'm meaning), but i do feel sorry for those that are not able to get it and the limitation it gives you, i take it you live way out of town, but you'll have better view's there than the city dwellers  satalite ? (too dear) |
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