laptop help pls

sarah-t_4

Ninjapilot wrote: »

Do you get any error code when it blue screens?

Ninja

yes it says software/hardware change might have caused this ,,then says will start in 28 seconds then goes blank then a blue screen with a messege appears for like 2 seconds n i cant read it ,,then back to square one again.

sarah-t_4

Does anyone know how to do a system restore on hard drive connected to a pc pls?

thankyou.

Ninjapilot

And you have no Xp CD? and you have tried safe mode? ((f8))
have you checked that the hard drive has been installed correctly ((was it removed?))

Ninja

sarah-t_4

Ninjapilot wrote: »

And you have no Xp CD? and you have tried safe mode? ((f8))
have you checked that the hard drive has been installed correctly ((was it removed?))

Ninja

hi
the laptop doesnt have a cd drive
and wont start in safe mode either...all i can do at the moment is take hd out and connect to pc ..as laptop wont start in any sort of way tried safe mode and other options..
can i do anything on the hd connected to pc ? copy a file or do system restore or anything
thanks.

Ninjapilot

sarah-t wrote: »

hi
the laptop doesnt have a cd drive
and wont start in safe mode either...all i can do at the moment is take hd out and connect to pc ..as laptop wont start in any sort of way tried safe mode and other options..
can i do anything on the hd connected to pc ? copy a file or do system restore or anything
thanks.

Not sure that will be any good, you need a recovery CD and a usb cd drive. i'll take a look around see what i can find......

Ninja
PS: what options are there when you press safe mode?
might be worth trying a few command prompt commands...........

sarah-t_4

ive tried command promps and safe mode but it just wont start:(

Browntoa

connect the laptop hard disk to the pc so you can view it

I've put C: below but this will be the drive letter for the laptop hard disk when connected

1. Open one of these folders to locate a Snapshot subfolder. The following path is an example of a folder path to the Snapshot folder:
   C:\System Volume Information\_restore{D86480E3-73EF-47BC-A0EB-A81BE6EE3ED8}\RP1\Snapshot

1. From the Snapshot folder, copy the following files to the C:\Windows\Tmp folder (you may need to create that folder
   ) :
2. _REGISTRY_USER_.DEFAULT

• _REGISTRY_MACHINE_SECURITY
• _REGISTRY_MACHINE_SOFTWARE
• _REGISTRY_MACHINE_SYSTEM
• _REGISTRY_MACHINE_SAM

1. Rename the files in the C:\Windows\Tmp folder as follows:
2. Rename _REGISTRY_USER_.DEFAULT to DEFAULT

• Rename _REGISTRY_MACHINE_SECURITY to SECURITY
• Rename _REGISTRY_MACHINE_SOFTWARE to SOFTWARE
• Rename _REGISTRY_MACHINE_SYSTEM to SYSTEM
• Rename _REGISTRY_MACHINE_SAM to SAM

These files are the backed up registry files from System Restore

I've put C: below but this will be the drive letter for the laptop hard disk when connected


rename c:\windows\system32\config\system to system.old
rename c:\windows\system32\config\software to software.old
rename c:\windows\system32\config\sam to sam.old
rename c:\windows\system32\config\security to security.old
rename c:\windows\system32\config\default to default.old

copy c:\windows\tmp\system c:\windows\system32\config\system
copy c:\windows\tmp\software c:\windows\system32\config\software
copy c:\windows\tmp\sam c:\windows\system32\config\sam
copy c:\windows\tmp\security c:\windows\system32\config\security
copy c:\windows\tmp\default c:\windows\system32\config\default


replace the hard disk in the Laptop and it should boot from the restore point chosen

sarah-t_4

i cant seem to find the snapshot folder

diable

If you plug the hard drive in the the USB connector and attach it to the PC it should show up with a drive letter on that drive right click go to properties, tools and run a checkdisk (tick both options) once that has run do a defrag then try it back in the laptop.

If you are getting a burning smell from the laptop it could be the fan nor spinning as its clogged full of dues or it could be that the motherboard is on its way out.

Browntoa

sarah-t wrote: »

i cant seem to find the snapshot folder

you may need to turn on viewing hidden folders

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/tutorial62.html