Hi mariaceleste,
You wrote you see D & E drives on XP, it means your system has already boot,
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Akeem
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> Hi.
>
> My notebook hard drive (Vista Home) was failing and I was unable to
> backup my files before it wouldn't boot anymore. I hoped I could use
> the drive externally on my XP P4 desktop to transfer the files over.
> XP sees the drive as D & E (main partition and recovery partition).
> But when I try to access the drive, it just runs. I guess its trying
> to boot the disk. I am wondering what steps I need to take to be able
> to get the files off the disk.
>
> 1. How to remove the MBR or otherwise stop the drive from trying to
> boot Vista. I thought about using jumpers to make it a slave. But I
> have no idea where they would go or if I could use them.
> 2. Can I use another method to get the files?
>
> I am strictly software and not really too familiar with the inner
> workings of the notebook components. This is my 1st one after many
> many desktops.
>
> Anything that could potentially delete the user files is not an option
> (pictures, videos, etc.) Okay if the system files don't work anymore.
>
> Thanks so much.