Originally Posted by jamieslittleracer
Hello, i realllly reallly need some help, my laptop has jsut died and its got a huge essay on it that i have to hand in tomorrow that count for a big part of my degree.... :s no the up to date version wasnt saved elsewhere
as i pretty much rewrote it in a few hours, and was going to save it then it crashed...
basically when u turn the computer on it bring up the start up screen then stays blank then comes up with a message saying windows file /windows/setup32/config/setup is corrupt or missing, press r to repair using first screen and windows setup cd.. but u cant do anything with it bar turn it off and going onto setup doesnt do anything...
im desperate here, please help if u can or know anywhere open on a sunday
thank you very much
katie
Don't know about Sundays, but speak to your IT team at Uni. They must have a copy of Norton Ghost they can use to back up your drive. You can get your data off it then and at least hand your work in. Failing that, go to PC World and buy an IDE connector to allow you to slave your laptop drive off another PC and copy the data that way. Or give it to PC World and ask them to do it. Ask for the fattest techie to do it, he's the geeky one, the rest just work there cos it thinks it makes them sound flash
Cheers
Matt