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Is it possible to recover lost data from a win98 system that will not boot
System will not boot. HD is making some noises but system cannot get past Gateway splash screen. Can iI use a bootit disk or something to get up and then some disk recover software of any kind?
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It's also possible that it's having problems detecting the hard drive itself... Which you would want to try putting it into another computer first to see if the HD is bad or is it something else...
No, if it wasn't detecting the hdd, it would pass the Gateway screen and show an onscreen error about "Unable to find MBR" or "Invalid boot disk" or something along those lines.
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putting the hd in another system is difficult as it is a notebook system
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Also, on the BSOD, for 1 second I see something about Boot mbr
It wouldn't necessarily show a message about the HD if it hasn't been given enough time. Sometimes it takes awhile to show the message as the BIOS tries over and over to recognize the HD. It was never said that it was a notebook computer, he just stated Gateway. Even if it was a notebook computer, it would still be easier, and in fact cheaper, to use a second computer and a enclosure kit instead of replacing other parts, as the objective is to get the information off of the HD.
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tpilg is on a roll here, but you can use a WinXP boot disk instead of a Win98 and you would then be able to maneuver through your NTFS file system hard drive. Also since it is on a laptop, it would also be much easier to just put your drive in an external enclosure for the recovery process, as many people have mentioned above. you should be able to find a winXP boot disc from http://www.bootdisk.com
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OOps....he says in the message header that he's using Win 98....hehe :). Wow, teaches us to pay attention, huh?
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increasing point so I can split to all