Recovering Files - Corrupt Windows - Help!

[an-225]

My installation of Windows XP is corrupt, and it hangs on boot, at the flashing underscore in the top left corner of the screen.

The hard drive is still spinning, so I guess it is operational, and it is now just one big storage device without an OS to boot up.

I need to recover some payware add ons, so in theory, if I swap my hard drive into another computer as a second hard drive, will I be able to browse it and select the files I need recovered?

Help appreciated!

[Wingo]

As long as there is nothing wrong with the hard drive, what you propose will work without a problem. Just make sure you set the jumpers to slave.

[rikm12345]

Hi,

Have you tried booting up in safe mode, or going into the bios and undoing any overclock's you have applied, if you have that is.

Just a suggestion, you have probably tried everyhting already.

[Gameunreal]

just pop in a windows xp MANUAL install disk, boot from CD.

Then when it says "Welcome to Windows",accept any Agreement, then select the Install option (NOT THE RECOVERY CONSOLE OPTION). Then, using the arrow keys, highlight the drive you have windows installed on (probably C:), then press R to repair the installation. All settings and programs will remain intact, it just replaces your WINDOWS directory.