Re: Stuck on System Recovery at Start Up

On 5/22/10, Gail. posted:
> Hello,
> My laptop was functioning normally last night, but then it froze, this
> wouldn't be the first time it does so, so i restarted. Normally this
> solves the problem, but not last night. The laptop went into System
> Recovery mode directly at start up.
> i tried Startup Repair and according to the results i got, it failed
> every single time. then i tried system restore, and apparently i dont
> have a restore point, and it refuses to make one, says the laptop will
> leave safemode. now i can't do a complete restore because:
> 1. i was supposed to back up my laptop this weekend.
> 2. my Vista was preinstalled so i dont have an installation CD.
> the memory check shows that everything is fine with my memory.
> F8 is not working...
> I don't know what to do, all my work is on the laptop, i cannot lose
> what is on it. I need the stuff to graduate.

> I apreciate all help, especially if expedient.
> thank you
> Gail

With an external USB to SATA adapter, you could try taking your hard
drive out of the laptop (It's usually very easy to do that) and recover
the files by plugging the drive into another computer and reading it
there. DON'T try to write to it just yet...

It is possible that your drive is failing (I'm not totally sure bout
that).

Another alternative - again requiring another computer - is to download
a program like EASEUS Disk Copy and use to to create a bootable CD.
Boot your laptop from that and use it to write a complete clone of your
drive to an external drive. That provides some safety in case something
that you do erases or messes up your original drive. You could then
also use the external drive as I said in the first paragraph to recover
your files on another computer.

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Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)