XP install crashed need to ad partition to drive

[oneofusjustin]

ok so i have a laptop hard drive that has been in a box since 2005.. all of a sudden an older laptop falls into my lap (outdated very but free)... so i get my old hard drive out and throw that sucker in.. it has very important data on it (thats why its been in a box and not a trash can)... so i try and boot and the thing freeks out since it wakes up and doesnt know where it is ... then i boot with windows disk and run the repair thing.. now windows loads but crashes and resets after the loading screen... ive tried everything.. here is my idea and i would liek some suggestions... the drive has 10 free gigs on the only partition... how can i via boot disks resize the free space of that partition into a new drive .. install windows... and biggity bam get my data??

 

[Old Hippie]

If it's an IDE drive, buy one of these and hook it to your desktop machine.

If it's a SATA drive, you can plug it directly into your MB's connections.

 

[RebateMonger]

As suggested, DON'T try to get Windows running on that drive. Hook the drive up to another PC and copy the data elsewhere.

I'd use one of these universal SATA-IDE to USB adapters.
If you use a USB adapter, you don't have to open up the other PC to add the laptop's hard drive.

 

[Old Hippie]

Originally posted by: RebateMonger
As suggested, DON'T try to get Windows running on that drive. Hook the drive up to another PC and copy the data elsewhere.

I'd use one of these universal SATA-IDE to USB adapters.
If you use a USB adapter, you don't have to open up the other PC to add the laptop's hard drive.

And biggity bam there's your data! :laugh:

 

[Modelworks]

Ever notice how people with very important data never have backups ?

 

[Old Hippie]

Originally posted by: Modelworks
Ever notice how people with very important data never have backups ?

Who needs backups when you can just biggity bam?

 

[VirtualLarry]

Originally posted by: Old Hippie

Originally posted by: Modelworks
Ever notice how people with very important data never have backups ?

Who needs backups when you can just biggity bam?

IS that the noise that a HD makes when it fails?

 

[Old Hippie]

Originally posted by: VirtualLarry

Originally posted by: Old Hippie

Originally posted by: Modelworks
Ever notice how people with very important data never have backups ?

Who needs backups when you can just biggity bam?

IS that the noise that a HD makes when it fails?

LOL!

I dunno, the OP mentioned it on the last line of his post.