Usually, I remove the HD for this particular job, but this Gateway GM 5260 Desktop is so easy to access. Also, it’s a personal one! It shut down, a few months ago … “No Boot: WINDOWS/SYSTEM32/CONFIG/SYSTEM file is missing or corrupted. ” In the move to the present address, all of my “stuff” is either packed, stored or at other location. I picked up a Sabrent USB/SATA Cable Adapter Kit and locatedonly 2 of my service books. I have an identical PC that I’ve been using and haven’t been in a hurry on #1. Yesterday, my ATTY. calls and wants the 500+/- pics that I have of this house, that the well paid Home Inspecter failed to “mention”. Seems that he never went “under” the floor or above the ceiling, yet gave “good” reports on inspection.
I planned to just “unhook” the HD, install the adapter kit and load them to the #2 PC, burn him a DVD of the Pics. Later, recover all other files and do a “Reinstall”. The Gateway OEM MCE 2005 disk was with the #2 PC. The “problem child” was a display and the “Disk” was conveniently missing. To top all of that, I have no idea where my SlipStreamed XP SPE disks or my 2 XP PRO SP2 disks are.
Is this feasible, or should I do it like any other: R&R, Retreive, etc.? It’s more like a lumber yard and a paint booth … at present. I wanted to “Hit & Run”, get what I needed, Pile it in a big box and tape it ip until a later date. Why does nobody have time to properly service their owm “stuff”??
Thanks, have a great weekend and keep up the great work, … Jim