Safe mode for a nondefault partition

Reading some posts yesterday I came upon an interesting observation by a
fellow who could not access Internet from his full windows (Vista) but could
do it from safe mode.

I still have an XP partition on D: drive which I abandoned back in August
after I lost Internet on it mysteriously. I still have some important files
there that I cannot copy to my Vistas because the software is no longer
supported by MS. One day I want to go back, upgrade that partition via a
solid Internet connection, work on it for a day converting my files and
erase the partition.

How can I get to that nondefault partition in safe mode? If I press F8 I end
up in Vista's safe mode. Vista is now on C: which previously had Win2K I
used last time years ago and now I installed a Vista over it.

I hope the problem is clearly described.

Thanks for any suggestions.

AlexB wrote:

> Reading some posts yesterday I came upon an interesting observation by a
> fellow who could not access Internet from his full windows (Vista) but
> could do it from safe mode.
>
> I still have an XP partition on D: drive which I abandoned back in August
> after I lost Internet on it mysteriously. I still have some important
> files there that I cannot copy to my Vistas because the software is no
> longer supported by MS. One day I want to go back, upgrade that partition
> via a solid Internet connection, work on it for a day converting my files
> and erase the partition.
>
> How can I get to that nondefault partition in safe mode? If I press F8 I
> end up in Vista's safe mode. Vista is now on C: which previously had Win2K
> I used last time years ago and now I installed a Vista over it.
>
> I hope the problem is clearly described.
>
> Thanks for any suggestions.

Boot an Ubuntu liveCD and then you'll have access to all the partitions on
your hard drive. You can then copy the files from your "D:" drive to
your "C:" drive. Or you can copy them to a flash key or zip them up and
email them to yourself. Lots of ways to accomplish this when running the
liveCD.

Cheers.

--
Frank's Brain Activity Plotted (watch the red line):
http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i4...nceMonitor.jpg

California 5150 Notice:

All attempts to try and convince Frank to seek help for his mental
problems have failed. The State of California has no option left but
to issue the following 5150 order within the next 24 hours.
http://tinyurl.com/y2y66g

"Yes, I am a troll" ... Frank's friend AlexB (Frankie Boy, let him know
when visiting hours are at the institution.)

Thanks but I am afraid of this stuff. I am too conservative for that. I am
hoping there is a MS way. Too many bad experiences in the past with things
that aren't Microsofty.

Thank you.

"NoStop" <> wrote in message
news:...
> AlexB wrote:
>
>> Reading some posts yesterday I came upon an interesting observation by a
>> fellow who could not access Internet from his full windows (Vista) but
>> could do it from safe mode.
>>
>> I still have an XP partition on D: drive which I abandoned back in August
>> after I lost Internet on it mysteriously. I still have some important
>> files there that I cannot copy to my Vistas because the software is no
>> longer supported by MS. One day I want to go back, upgrade that partition
>> via a solid Internet connection, work on it for a day converting my files
>> and erase the partition.
>>
>> How can I get to that nondefault partition in safe mode? If I press F8 I
>> end up in Vista's safe mode. Vista is now on C: which previously had
>> Win2K
>> I used last time years ago and now I installed a Vista over it.
>>
>> I hope the problem is clearly described.
>>
>> Thanks for any suggestions.
>
> Boot an Ubuntu liveCD and then you'll have access to all the partitions on
> your hard drive. You can then copy the files from your "D:" drive to
> your "C:" drive. Or you can copy them to a flash key or zip them up and
> email them to yourself. Lots of ways to accomplish this when running the
> liveCD.
>
> Cheers.
>
> --
> Frank's Brain Activity Plotted (watch the red line):
> http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i4...nceMonitor.jpg
>
> California 5150 Notice:
>
> All attempts to try and convince Frank to seek help for his mental
> problems have failed. The State of California has no option left but
> to issue the following 5150 order within the next 24 hours.
> http://tinyurl.com/y2y66g
>
> "Yes, I am a troll" ... Frank's friend AlexB (Frankie Boy, let him know
> when visiting hours are at the institution.)