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Originally posted by: Confusednewbie1552
Update: See post number 14. It's either the Hard Drive, Power Supply, or Motherboard.

One day I turned off my computer and now it won't turn on:

Whenever I turn it on it goes to the Windows Boot-Up Screen (with the bar that moves). It does 1 full bar pass and then 1/4 and then it instantly restarts. I don't think it's a power problem because it won't turn off while in the bios, and it always restarts at exactly the same moment no matter what is/isn't connected. I cleaned it up so dust can't be the problem and the CPU temps seem fine, at least according to the bios. Anyway there are some files on my hard drive, I'd like to retrieve.

So here are my questions:

Is it possible to retrieve my data back somehow without spending thousands of dollars? If so, how?

Is it possible to make a seperate partition on the hard drive and install Windows XP again, and then access the other partition with it?

I know I ought to backup, but sometimes you either A: Forget about it or don't have time for it.

Hardrive: Western Digital Raptor 74 GB
Power Supply: Enermax 470 W PSU

If you need more info then ask. Thanks in advance!
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Want to get your data off the drive? Build a Bart's PE Boot CD (google for it...) and you'll be able to do exactly that, copying data to a USB flashdrive or a network location.

Want to fix the problem? Take the Bart's PE Boot CD and find c:\windows\minidumps\*.dmp; copy to the flashdrive, mail them to me, and I'll see if they tell me anything as far as why it's crashing.

Want to try something else? Boot with your XP CD, install Windows XP to a DIFFERENT directory (obviously, do not format anything) like c:\win06, and then you'll be able to boot and then you can do all kinds of things.

Want to do a quick check of the disk? Boot with the XP CD into recovery console, and run chkdsk against the hard drive with XP on it. Bart's PE will let you do this too.
 
Hmm thanks for the suggestions Zaitsevs and dclive, I'll try those within this week.

About installing windows on a different directory:

The hard drive has like 1 gb of free space on it, I dont think I can instal a different copy of windows on it, thanks for the suggestion though!

Thanks!
 
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