Boot up problem

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Salamvalekum,

My laptop is screwed, basically i tried to power on the laptop and then it boots up and before the screen where i have to log on its completely black, i cant type in my password, i have an option of using the recovery cd but problem is i have my data in there, and i m no expert in this stuff.

Please help me,

Regards.

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Can you hit F12 while booting (it may be different for your laptop) and go to Bios setting and see if you can reset to boot up in safe mode.

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The safemode option is not in the bios for god's sake. You have to get past all bios and POST and right before you see the Windows loading screen when you hit F8 to get the option for safe mode.

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Whatever yaar, that is what I meant. Thanks anyway:snooty:

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It all depends on the brand of laptop being used. On Toshiba it's the F10 and it appears right after booting.

You should be able to salvage data in safe mode.

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get knoppix (downloadable for free) on a cd or usb drive, boot up, and copy/backup all the data you want.

try your windows recovery cd once you have all important data saved away.

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For that matter, can he take out his hard drive, put that inside a external hard disk enclosure, attach that to a desktop and backup his important data?

Is that do able also?

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if you are a shatrughan sinha kind of person, then sure why not.

the knoppix boot approach is a non-invasive and read-only as far as the hard disc is concerned.

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^Thanks a lot guys, i finally managed. Secondly i wanna know how can i perform a disk partition. Tried partition magic but later got to know you have to pay.

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:omg: Never heard of a better qualifier than this. You know, lot of people call me shatru. Now I know why

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Assuming you are using Vista.

click the Start button, type diskmgmt.msc, and press to open the Disk Management utility. To create space for a new volume, right-click an existing volume and choose Shrink Volume. Vista will calculate the amount of space you can regain and will open a dialog box where you can enter the size of your new volume. (You'll also see the total size before the shrink, the maximum shrink available, and the size of the old volume after the shrink.) After shrinking, right-click the new "Unallocated" space represented in the program and choose New Simple Volume. Then follow the wizard's steps to create and format your new volume. When you're done, you'll see your new volume represented in Disk Management's graphs. Note that you can shrink only volumes that use the NTFS drive format. Your new PC's drive is almost certainly NTFS.

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Thanks for your reply but i have a Windows xp, and i tried to follow your steps but i failed, please do let me know if possible for Windows xp.

Walekumsalam.