SREEEEECH.... crash

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casperfast

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well my vaio laptop finally crashed after 2 perfect years of operation. i was getting the continuous boot loop, would not load windows, boot from cd, boot from usb or network. so i went and bought a sata usb adapter so i can recover my important data onto my desktop computer. only problem, my desktop it an xp machine, and the vaio is vista. when i connect my sata usb to the desktop and i try to open the drive f: it ask's me to format the drive. and won allow me to view anything.
CAN SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME
 

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My Computer

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  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell XPS420
    Memory
    6 gig
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI Radeon HD3650 256 MB
    Sound Card
    Intergrated 7.1 Channel Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell SP2009W 20 inch Flat Panel w Webcam
    Hard Drives
    640 gb
    Cooling
    Fan
    Keyboard
    Dell USB
    Mouse
    Dell USB 4 button optical
    Other Info
    DSL provided by ATT
yea, i know how to do that, f2 on first screen then change order in the bios, then f10 the save and restart

will this ubuntu work from a usb drive if my disc drive wont read it?
 

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Have never actually tried it myself. The best way is to use a CD, but if you cant, try anyway that you can.
 

My Computer

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  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell XPS420
    Memory
    6 gig
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI Radeon HD3650 256 MB
    Sound Card
    Intergrated 7.1 Channel Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell SP2009W 20 inch Flat Panel w Webcam
    Hard Drives
    640 gb
    Cooling
    Fan
    Keyboard
    Dell USB
    Mouse
    Dell USB 4 button optical
    Other Info
    DSL provided by ATT
ok, i will give it a shot. thank you. it is currently downloading so i will burn the disc in a bit when the 600mb file is done downloading. was downloading at 900k, now its at 85k, the site must have a cap or something
 

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nope, it didnt work. would not read the cd, so i changed the boot config around a little and tried usb, now it states when i try the usb with the ubunto "missing operating system. i dont know what to do
 

My Computer

System One

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell XPS420
    Memory
    6 gig
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI Radeon HD3650 256 MB
    Sound Card
    Intergrated 7.1 Channel Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell SP2009W 20 inch Flat Panel w Webcam
    Hard Drives
    640 gb
    Cooling
    Fan
    Keyboard
    Dell USB
    Mouse
    Dell USB 4 button optical
    Other Info
    DSL provided by ATT
It should be the same for Vista
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell XPS420
    Memory
    6 gig
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI Radeon HD3650 256 MB
    Sound Card
    Intergrated 7.1 Channel Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell SP2009W 20 inch Flat Panel w Webcam
    Hard Drives
    640 gb
    Cooling
    Fan
    Keyboard
    Dell USB
    Mouse
    Dell USB 4 button optical
    Other Info
    DSL provided by ATT
i cant get it to load a cd to boot, i have moved the boot order all over the place with no succss. i tried putting the vista boot iso on a usb flash, when it attempts to load it says "no operating system found. " i have tried going into advanced boot menu and then system repair, it will load one screen then it reboots and starts the loop all over again. im about ready to thrown the flipping thing in the road and rive my truck over it
 

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Test with another bootable CD, maybe the Cd is defective.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell XPS420
    Memory
    6 gig
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI Radeon HD3650 256 MB
    Sound Card
    Intergrated 7.1 Channel Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell SP2009W 20 inch Flat Panel w Webcam
    Hard Drives
    640 gb
    Cooling
    Fan
    Keyboard
    Dell USB
    Mouse
    Dell USB 4 button optical
    Other Info
    DSL provided by ATT
i made 3 discs and none of them would read. i think the drive is messed up. i was able to get a patial boot from the usb, said, "booting from usb" then the windows load screen comes up and it ends up with a blavk creen with the mouse on the screen that works, but the screen it black and there is no option and typing commands does nothing. i tried the ubuntu from the usb and it said "booting from usb" then some linux crap but didnt go anywhere from there
 

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Can't boot from the OS or from CD, not much else that I could think of.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell XPS420
    Memory
    6 gig
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI Radeon HD3650 256 MB
    Sound Card
    Intergrated 7.1 Channel Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell SP2009W 20 inch Flat Panel w Webcam
    Hard Drives
    640 gb
    Cooling
    Fan
    Keyboard
    Dell USB
    Mouse
    Dell USB 4 button optical
    Other Info
    DSL provided by ATT
is there any way i can use my sata usb adapter and recover files from the drive on my xp machine without formating the dive? when i flug it into the computer and try and explore the f: it asks me to format. maybe there is an application or a utility that i can use on the xp machine to acces the sata drive via the usb adapter???
 

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Unfortunately, this is a Vista Forum. The best advice that I can give you is try in and XP forum. We will be very happy to assist with any other Vista problems.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell XPS420
    Memory
    6 gig
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI Radeon HD3650 256 MB
    Sound Card
    Intergrated 7.1 Channel Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell SP2009W 20 inch Flat Panel w Webcam
    Hard Drives
    640 gb
    Cooling
    Fan
    Keyboard
    Dell USB
    Mouse
    Dell USB 4 button optical
    Other Info
    DSL provided by ATT
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