asacan
December 9th 03, 10:32 AM
Hardware configuration:
Athlon XP 1900+
MSI KT266Pro
1024MB Corsair (Value) DDR2100 RAM (2 sticks 512MB)
AGP: Radeon 9700PRO
PCI:
1: Maxtor (Promise) UltraTX133 IDE adapter
2: Creative SoundBlaster
3: Linksys 10/100 NIC (LNE100 or something)
4: Netgear FA2112 NIC (10/100 with WOL)
5: US Robotics (USR5610B) 56k v.92 Performance Pro
IDE 0 of onboard:
Primary (hdd0): WD 60GB/8MB Cache 7200RPM
Primary partition: 48GB NTFS-WindowsXP Pro(MBR)
Logical partition: 12GB NTFS
Secondary: Empty
IDE 1 of onboard:
Primary: Acer DVD/CD reader
Secondary: Empty
IDE 0 of IDE adapter:
Primary: Maxtor 160GB/2MB 5400RPM
Partitions 1-8: 80GB total Ext3, Red Hat Linux 9
Partitions 9-15: 60GB total ReiserFS, Suse 8.2
Partitions 16-20 20GB total XFS, Debian 7.1
Secondary: Empty
IDE 1 of IDE adapter:
Primary: TDK CD Read/Write/Rewrite (4800B)
Secondary: Iomega Zip100 IDE
Power Supply: Antec TruPower 430W
Other configuration: Served by Linux
router/firewall/NFS on networked cable connection.
Problem: Was using multiple computers late one night.
After working for a while on the Linux server, turned back
to WindowsXP machine to discover the machine was running
excruitiatingly slowly. Attempted to do a clean reboot,
but machine appeared frozen. Did hard re-boot into
WindowsXP, flash screen appeared, then system rebooted
self. Continued. Turned off computer, checked EIDE/power
connectors, discovered small whole in 1 of 80 wires on
EIDE connector (closer to motherboard). Replaced EIDE
connector, but still could not get past Windows "splash
screen". Booted into Suse Linux, could view/access data
from Windows HDD, but slowly (subsequent accesses became
much quicker). After moving homes (military), purchased
new hdd (Maxtor 120GB/8MB/7200) to attempt to create an
image (Norton Ghost) of WindowsXP drive. Installed new
hdd/Installed new instance of WindowsXP, installed Norton
Ghost, but old hdd was not recognized (in anticipation of
image, I destroyed Linux partitions to make room for
image). Attempts at recovery console have been
unsuccessful. I'm certain that there are bad blocks where
Windows start-up files are located, but could not rebuild
the start-up.
All registered software (which is all of my software) are
on that hdd, while new registration numbers will cost me
more money. I made hard-copies of reg. numbers, but since
the move I have been unable to locate them. The most
valuable information I need to access are in encrypted
files (military personnel information, not classified but
had personal data). Since I cannot log-in to that
instance of WindowsXP, I cannot access any of the
encrytped information.
Please help!
Athlon XP 1900+
MSI KT266Pro
1024MB Corsair (Value) DDR2100 RAM (2 sticks 512MB)
AGP: Radeon 9700PRO
PCI:
1: Maxtor (Promise) UltraTX133 IDE adapter
2: Creative SoundBlaster
3: Linksys 10/100 NIC (LNE100 or something)
4: Netgear FA2112 NIC (10/100 with WOL)
5: US Robotics (USR5610B) 56k v.92 Performance Pro
IDE 0 of onboard:
Primary (hdd0): WD 60GB/8MB Cache 7200RPM
Primary partition: 48GB NTFS-WindowsXP Pro(MBR)
Logical partition: 12GB NTFS
Secondary: Empty
IDE 1 of onboard:
Primary: Acer DVD/CD reader
Secondary: Empty
IDE 0 of IDE adapter:
Primary: Maxtor 160GB/2MB 5400RPM
Partitions 1-8: 80GB total Ext3, Red Hat Linux 9
Partitions 9-15: 60GB total ReiserFS, Suse 8.2
Partitions 16-20 20GB total XFS, Debian 7.1
Secondary: Empty
IDE 1 of IDE adapter:
Primary: TDK CD Read/Write/Rewrite (4800B)
Secondary: Iomega Zip100 IDE
Power Supply: Antec TruPower 430W
Other configuration: Served by Linux
router/firewall/NFS on networked cable connection.
Problem: Was using multiple computers late one night.
After working for a while on the Linux server, turned back
to WindowsXP machine to discover the machine was running
excruitiatingly slowly. Attempted to do a clean reboot,
but machine appeared frozen. Did hard re-boot into
WindowsXP, flash screen appeared, then system rebooted
self. Continued. Turned off computer, checked EIDE/power
connectors, discovered small whole in 1 of 80 wires on
EIDE connector (closer to motherboard). Replaced EIDE
connector, but still could not get past Windows "splash
screen". Booted into Suse Linux, could view/access data
from Windows HDD, but slowly (subsequent accesses became
much quicker). After moving homes (military), purchased
new hdd (Maxtor 120GB/8MB/7200) to attempt to create an
image (Norton Ghost) of WindowsXP drive. Installed new
hdd/Installed new instance of WindowsXP, installed Norton
Ghost, but old hdd was not recognized (in anticipation of
image, I destroyed Linux partitions to make room for
image). Attempts at recovery console have been
unsuccessful. I'm certain that there are bad blocks where
Windows start-up files are located, but could not rebuild
the start-up.
All registered software (which is all of my software) are
on that hdd, while new registration numbers will cost me
more money. I made hard-copies of reg. numbers, but since
the move I have been unable to locate them. The most
valuable information I need to access are in encrypted
files (military personnel information, not classified but
had personal data). Since I cannot log-in to that
instance of WindowsXP, I cannot access any of the
encrytped information.
Please help!