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"Max" <max@val.morgan> wrote in message 
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> "Computer Nerd Kev" <not@telling.you.invalid> wrote in message 
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>> SG1 <lost@the.races.com> wrote:
>>> "F Murtz" <haggisz@hotmail.com> wrote
>>>> felix_unger wrote:
>>>>> On 28/10/2015 12:12 AM, Max wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You cannot run System Restore by booting from an XP disc.  It is not
>>>>>> available.
>>>>>
>>>>> just connect the hard drive to another computer to see what you can 
>>>>> see.
>>>>> the hard drive might be ok and you could just transfer what you want 
>>>>> off
>>>>> it
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> What did rod say earlier? put the drive in a usb dock as a first try !!
>>>
>>> Because that is the easiest way, if you have a dock that is.
>>
>> Or if you don't, and you're confident the problem is an Operating System
>> one, not a hardware one, boot to a Linux Live CD and copy the wanted
>> files to some removable storage device. Mount the HDD as read-only to 
>> make
>> sure nothing is messed up (and making an image first anyway would be a
>> good idea).
>>
>> System restore is for fixing the Operating System AFTER getting the
>> important data off first, and preferably also making an image of the
>> HDD in case it makes an even bigger mess (quite likely). If it's not
>> a complicated set-up, it might be just as easy to wipe everything
>> and do a fresh install of XP.
>>
>
> Unlike in Win 7, System Restore is not available when you boot to the XP 
> CD.

Wrong. Its just not obvious how to get it to do that.

And I'm still not going to tell you how to do that
because it’s the wrong thing to do in this situation.

> System Restore in XP is only available within the XP OS.

Wrong. 

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