Hi, I'm new, I created an email account (since you wont' accept hotmail) just to sign up to seek some help. Sorry to butt in. However I am at a loss, after spending most of the day browsing the internet on my laptop. I went to start up my desktop today and I got "Disk Boot Failure, Insert System Disk and Press Enter." If insert the disk for the motherboard it comes up with a list 1-9 of options dealing with the raid and the last being FreeDos. If I insert the Windows XP disk it finally gets to a choice of installing XP on the current partition, unusued partition or exit. I want to save my files before I ever install XP over it. So I browsed some more and came across BartPE. Got that disk setup and booted it up and I can't run checkdisk because it saws the system is RAW and lists everything as drive X (not C).
If I have to reinstall windows, fine, but how can I get my files off first?
The computer:
Asus A8N-E motherboard
MSI 7800GT graphics
Maxtor somrthing or other 300 gig harddrive
Two NEC DVD burners
NO Floppy drive
Umm...think thats about it. Very basic setup. Running Windows XP Pro SP 2.
All I know is I shut it down and now its doing this. I'm not adverse to reinstalling windows and starting over (even with a new drive if need be) but I'd really like to get my files off first.
So...
I have some external hard drive cases. Could I hook up the hard drive to one and use my laptop to somehow fix this mess? I don't have another desktop.
Aghh. Time to go work on my car. Too many problems. Thanks in advance, I'm not too computer literate, just enough to keep my head above water. But I'd rather learn how to solve this than pay someone else.
If I have to reinstall windows, fine, but how can I get my files off first?
The computer:
Asus A8N-E motherboard
MSI 7800GT graphics
Maxtor somrthing or other 300 gig harddrive
Two NEC DVD burners
NO Floppy drive
Umm...think thats about it. Very basic setup. Running Windows XP Pro SP 2.
All I know is I shut it down and now its doing this. I'm not adverse to reinstalling windows and starting over (even with a new drive if need be) but I'd really like to get my files off first.
So...
I have some external hard drive cases. Could I hook up the hard drive to one and use my laptop to somehow fix this mess? I don't have another desktop.
Aghh. Time to go work on my car. Too many problems. Thanks in advance, I'm not too computer literate, just enough to keep my head above water. But I'd rather learn how to solve this than pay someone else.