sohummisra
Broken In
Here's the deal. My laptop was running slowly today so I restarted it. It started fine the first time but I could not login. The computer basically froze on the login-screen (XP Pro Networked). So I restarted again and this time I logged in fine. However, this time the computer froze in the desktop mode...I couldn't do anything. So I tried restarting in Safe Mode but I was greeted with an error message saying something along the lines of:
The following file is corrupt or deleted:
C:\WINDOWS\system32\config\system
Or something like that, I'm not sure about the exact path. My school has enforced all sorts of restrictions on the laptop because of which I can't do anything. The tech staff is also stupid enough that if such a problem crops up they will simply reformat and reclone the laptop. I have an XP Pro CD-ROM but I do not have a CD-ROM drive. I was wondering two things:
- is it possible to connect my laptop hard disk to my CPU and back-up any files that I can, without admin privileges, and if so how (I would prefer exact instructions--never done it before)
- is it possible to install any sort of USB CD-ROM device to back up files (sounds sort of stupid as I write it)?
Thanks in advance.
The following file is corrupt or deleted:
C:\WINDOWS\system32\config\system
Or something like that, I'm not sure about the exact path. My school has enforced all sorts of restrictions on the laptop because of which I can't do anything. The tech staff is also stupid enough that if such a problem crops up they will simply reformat and reclone the laptop. I have an XP Pro CD-ROM but I do not have a CD-ROM drive. I was wondering two things:
- is it possible to connect my laptop hard disk to my CPU and back-up any files that I can, without admin privileges, and if so how (I would prefer exact instructions--never done it before)
- is it possible to install any sort of USB CD-ROM device to back up files (sounds sort of stupid as I write it)?
Thanks in advance.