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Short term 2nd copy xp

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by mpcaleb

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My system is screwed up I want install another copy of xp on a new drive until I recover my data which is spread all over the drives.will disconnect other drives first till new install is on C: as it is (disk 1) C drive 250 gig is archive says healthy (system) (disk 0) E primary boot total drive 250 gig E partition 141 gig G partition 92 gig (healthy) (disk 2) D drive total 320 gig D part 48 gig healthy F partion local drive 251 gig (pagefile) all sata among myriad of problems noway to get to bios recovery console installed to c drive of no use plus others so will I be able install another copy of my xp disk until I sort it out also doing the updates.Please ask if you need added info. I should say it is still working ok but if it goes down I am #$%@*&. I thought about using ghost or acronis but I think it will be of little use in my circumstances.With system files on C windows on E I am guessing thats where the MBR is thats where recovery console defaulted to and why there no way to get to BIOS??????

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by seanferd

It is on the motherboard. And yes, if you set another drive as the boot drive, you can re-install Windows on it. Use a drive that doesn't have data you want to save on it (don't overwrite data with the install).

I am confused by the mention of the BIOS Recovery Console, perhaps you mean Windows Recovery Console? BIOS is what you see before Windows starts booting. You can enter the BIOS Setup and make changes to your system, such as which drive is the first boot drive, if that is what you mean. You should also be able to run a recovery CD anyway.

Please describe what exactly is wrong with your system, and what type of computer you have.

If you need to get into BIOS setup, it is just a matter of pressing a certain key before Windows tries to load. F1 and Delete are common keys to get into BIOS. The key should be mentioned at the bottom of the screen when the system first starts.

Any of this help?

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