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Mike the Metal Ed

12-14-2003 06:54 PM

Accessing a hard drive via USB

Is it possible to access the files on a faulty hard drive via a USB cable hooked up to second PC, without booting the faulty PC?

Ninti the Mad

12-14-2003 06:58 PM

I am not sure but I believe both PC's would need to be one for any transferring of files.

Mike the Metal Ed

12-14-2003 07:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ninti the Mad

I am not sure but I believe both PC's would need to be one for any transferring of files.

I don't need to transfer files, just edit a couple withou booting the drive they're on.

Ninti the Mad

12-14-2003 07:01 PM

And how do you expect to edit them without any power to supply the PC they are on?

Mike the Metal Ed

12-14-2003 07:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ninti the Mad

And how do you expect to edit them without any power to supply the PC they are on?

Thats what I was asking, that seems to be the unsolvable/impossible part.

Ninti the Mad

12-14-2003 07:04 PM

have you tried getting into safe mode on the bad PC?

Mike the Metal Ed

12-14-2003 07:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ninti the Mad

have you tried getting into safe mode on the bad PC?

First thing I tried.

Mike the Metal Ed

12-14-2003 07:09 PM

Is there a BIOS settings screen on Windows XP? It'd be the only screen I could keep the PC on while I edited the files without it resetting. How about if I kept it on there while I edited the files?

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