Originally Posted by
RS_JAY
I have a old hard drive from my last laptop. I stuck it in the new laptop but its coming up with
windows could not start because the following file might be missing or currupt :
windows/system32/config/system.
Any ideas how i can get my files off this or how to mend the problem???
use a live Linux CD such as Ubuntu or Knoppix its a working operating system on a CD.. boot that off your CD, it will see your drives, copy what you want from it to a removable USB thumb drive or external hard drive and your sorted
http://www.ubuntu.com/