trying to recover pics from a laptop that-will only boot in safe mode

imkcv48 · Jan 19, 2009

Hello, this is my first post so please bear with me. I'm trying to save pics from an infected laptop to cdrom or thumbdrive. The pc won't boot from an xp cdrom boot disk. It will boot in safe mode. It won't system restore to an earlier working point either. The pc usually freezes up when booting normally or displays fatal error screens if it actually boots normally. When trying to use an xp boot disk, it will not see it. Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
imkcv48

plodr · Jan 19, 2009

Remove the hd from the laptop and attach it by an IDE to USB adapter to another computer. Move the files from the now seen laptop on the USB port to a thumbdrive or perhaps put the files on the host computer then burn the pics to a CD.
example of an adapter:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812101003

You have to be sure that is says Supports IDE/2.5" & 3.5" because a laptop hd is 2.5" and a desktop is 3.5". So if you buy an adapter that only supports 3.5" drives, you won't be able to connect the laptop hard drive to another computer.

Fred_G · Jan 19, 2009

I agree with plodr.

Just wanted to add Welcome to MajorGeeks! :-D

imkcv48 · Jan 20, 2009

Thankyou very much, I'll try your suggestion. I had hoped I could do it using dos commands. Thanks again!

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