ok guys for the last week i have been trying to figure this out..
i unplugged a harddrive in my sony viao and tried to get some stuff off another harddrive off but it didnt work so when i connected the old hard drive again it said reboot and select boot devise or insert boot media devise... I have no idea what that is but i NEED to information off of that hard drive it is CRUTIAL that i get it so if anyone can help me please do..
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Well...is the drive you're trying to get stuff from bootable? You'll need a bootable drive in the machine(most machines need it set as the primary master) then the other drive, probably on the same channel as the slave.
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ok i just hooked up the sony drive back into the computer... same cords same plugs same everything then i turn the computer on.. it says VAIO then Pentium 4 then a black screen with a blinking dash and it says please reboot or w/e
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if you messed with the boot order make sure you change that back to. it will say like press ESC to enter boot menu, do that then select your sony hard drive. How is your hd plugged in IDE(long gray cable) or SATA(small cable)?
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its a fat long cable with to fat plugs at one and and another fat plug at the other end that goes into the motherboard
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you guys are the best you have once again solved my problem when i went into the bios i found out that the hard drive cord was dissconntcted so i connected it and now i am up and running...
but incase anyone knows if i put another hard drive in it and then the screen comes up that says run in safe mode run windows and run last configuration that worked and i tried them all and none of them work is there anything i can do?
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So you put a different hard drive in there, with a different install, correct? That probably will not work because it was installed for a different motherboard. The installed HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) is different, and therefore, it won't properly work on different hardware. You'll have to run the recovery console from the Windows Xp Disc.
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just put the other HDD in there at the same time, have them both plugged in and you should be able to access it from my computer
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Originally Posted by way2evil
just put the other HDD in there at the same time, have them both plugged in and you should be able to access it from my computer
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Well that works to get the files, IDK if he was trying to boot of it.
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yeha just trying to get some pics and songs off the other one....
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