I installed a 2 way hdmi switch to be able to send video from computer to my tv set. I kept getting nothing on either monitor or tv. I forced it off, several times before checking vid connections. I had connected all the cables into the 3 'output' sockets on the (3 way) switch. Anyways, I screwed up the op system. Tried various commands in recovery console to no avail. (I have 3 removable drive bay trays) I just removed the switch, (gettin' long winded here!), & plugged in another bootable drive in the comp. Then plugged the screwed up drive into a diff bay. It popped up just fine. Had to assign a drive letter to it (device manager). Anyway, I copied all data I wanted to another hdd.
So, how would I go about re-installing the os (XP-64) preferably without wiping out the data??
Oh, yes, the damaged drive shows up as a 'raw' drive. 'Duckducking' (nomoregoogle!), changing raw to basic basically wipes out everything on the drive. Software to convert without data loss is expensive as typically, most people have one drive in their comps, & companys treat this issue as "data recovery", as in 'manna from heaven' I would really prefer to fix the drive rather than starting from scratch.
Like I said, I have all my critical saved.
Any Ideas out there??
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So, how would I go about re-installing the os (XP-64) preferably without wiping out the data??
Oh, yes, the damaged drive shows up as a 'raw' drive. 'Duckducking' (nomoregoogle!), changing raw to basic basically wipes out everything on the drive. Software to convert without data loss is expensive as typically, most people have one drive in their comps, & companys treat this issue as "data recovery", as in 'manna from heaven' I would really prefer to fix the drive rather than starting from scratch.
Like I said, I have all my critical saved.
Any Ideas out there??
-corne-
-c-