Win2k HD transplant
Apr. 2nd, 2007 06:43 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kengrHelp me, LJ Genie, you're my only hope...
A friend *seriously* fried his computer (tip, if you know a fan has gone out *don't* ignore it until things start failing!!!).
The only things salvageable were the memory and the drives. It was 3 or so years old, so there was question of trying to dig up the same motherboard and CPU.
I got him a new motherboard, CP and vid card (yes, he even killed the vid card).
Alas, when I turn it on, Win2k starts to boot and then comes up with a "boot device inaccessible" error. And suggests things like removing all new drives and controllers (yeah, like I can do *that*) and running CHKDSK/F.
But since I can't get to a command prompt I can't run CHKDSK. And I can't remove the "new" HD controllers.
I can't just reinstall windows either because I don't have the install disks for all his software. And he lives two hours away (in a small town which is why he dragged his system to me to get it fixed)
Amy suggestions?
A friend *seriously* fried his computer (tip, if you know a fan has gone out *don't* ignore it until things start failing!!!).
The only things salvageable were the memory and the drives. It was 3 or so years old, so there was question of trying to dig up the same motherboard and CPU.
I got him a new motherboard, CP and vid card (yes, he even killed the vid card).
Alas, when I turn it on, Win2k starts to boot and then comes up with a "boot device inaccessible" error. And suggests things like removing all new drives and controllers (yeah, like I can do *that*) and running CHKDSK/F.
But since I can't get to a command prompt I can't run CHKDSK. And I can't remove the "new" HD controllers.
I can't just reinstall windows either because I don't have the install disks for all his software. And he lives two hours away (in a small town which is why he dragged his system to me to get it fixed)
Amy suggestions?
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Date: 2007-04-03 09:27 am (UTC)