I need to restore my computer by wiping out everything on my hard drive. When I turn on my computer I can't access anything because it says a system file is corrupted. An HP rep told me to back up my hard drive using another computer. How do I do that?
2006-12-16 09:20:44 · 5 answers · asked by John 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
take your hard drive out of your pc.. put it in another pc as primary slave, and you can access your harddrive from there OS..
2006-12-16 09:22:16 · answer #1 · answered by keith s 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Your operating system will back up your data -on the same hard drive by protection.If not use the floppy disk or CD(if your drive can write it).HP rep has nothing to do with it.If you have HP software-which says System restore CD,use that CD if you do not like to back up (system + computer mfrs software).If Window says system file is corrupted-validate your window o/s copy by providing them a S.Number of system,which is in a sticker on your computer.If you want to transfer the files from old computer to new computer,use window o/s wizard and window will do it for you.Or buy the software $ 19.99 back up wizard.
2006-12-16 09:27:56 · answer #2 · answered by precede2005 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Installing The Windows XP Home Edition Backup Program Utility
Insert your Windows XP Home Edition CD Rom and allow it to automatically run.
From the main menu that appears, click on Perform additional tasks.
Then click on Browse this CD on the second menu screen that appears.
This will take you to the root directory of your CD Rom drive, which is usually (D:).
Double click on the yellow VALUEADD folder until it opens up for you.
Then double click on the yellow MSFT folder until it opens up for you.
Then double click on the yellow NTBACKUP folder until it opens up for you.
You should now be at the D:\VALUEADD\MSFT\NTBACKUP directory location.
Now double click on the NTBACKUP.MSI file to begin the backup utility installation.
Then click on the Finish button to exit the Backup Utility Installation Wizard.
Then close the Windows XP Menu Screen and the My Computer directory window.
The Backup icon will be placed in the Start/Program/Accessories/System Tools folder
2006-12-16 09:22:35 · answer #3 · answered by G 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You could use teh back up wizard on your computer under system tools and tehn follow the wizard instuctiions and then it should almost be like automatic.
2006-12-16 09:24:24 · answer #4 · answered by Garrett 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you have nero go to nero startsmart and then go to the category back up. the rest is easy.
2006-12-16 09:25:33 · answer #5 · answered by karharry 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋