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XP does not boot
My xp pro Dell 4550 with a 60 GB IDE hard disk got infected by a virus and
would not boot - always got a blue screen during boot. So took out thr hard disk and hooked it up to a laptop using an ide to usb adapter and ran Mcafee virus checker which quarantined quite a few files. I then put thedisk inthre original Dell and tried to repair the installation using a Win XP installation CD. The machine does not boot at all. After POST I get a black screen that remains so for hours. I did a chkdsk /r but that made nodifference. I tried hooking the disk to the laptop again but now it shows up as an uninitialized disk in disk management and I cannot see the contents at all. What are my choices otherr than to reinstall XP. What can I do to save my data? If I use fixmbr in the recovery console will I lose my file system on the disk? Thanks |
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