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by Know Nadda
Sat Nov 07, 2009 11:39 pm
Forum: UBCD V4 Support & Troubleshooting
Topic: Trying to get XP PC back runnung
Replies: 0
Views: 14569

Trying to get XP PC back runnung

I'm using my daughters PC to burn a CD I need to work on my own 2 PCs. I decided to explore a restore CD that goes to one of my PCs Her PC was working fine before and while I had the CD in it but when I went to restart it next time it isn't working. It does boot to screen where you choose "star...
by Know Nadda
Fri Nov 06, 2009 1:08 am
Forum: UBCD V4 Support & Troubleshooting
Topic: Wrong UBCD?
Replies: 11
Views: 35614

Wrong UBCD? Details of problems PC #3 -Wrecked Another One!

I keep forgetting to ask you this question. Back when Windows XP came out I recall hearing folks going on and on many times that Microsoft had somehow matched up the hard drive to the PC it was shipped in and that it could not be used in any other PC except the one it came with. Do you know if this ...
by Know Nadda
Thu Nov 05, 2009 9:22 am
Forum: UBCD V4 Support & Troubleshooting
Topic: Wrong UBCD?
Replies: 11
Views: 35614

Wrong UBCD? Details of problems PC #3 -Wrecked Another One!

It seems I have a knack for PC troubles. My daughter brought me a PC to use that could burn a CD. I decided to pop in disk #8 of the restore CD's as that was where the problems were with PC #2. I just wanted to explore the disk to see if the files were actually there but the PC didn't read them or t...
by Know Nadda
Mon Nov 02, 2009 5:53 pm
Forum: UBCD V4 Support & Troubleshooting
Topic: Wrong UBCD?
Replies: 11
Views: 35614

Wrong UBCD? Details of problems

I'm sorry! :oops: Please ignore the last post. As I kept reading the testdisk page the answer is of course as you already know right there!
by Know Nadda
Mon Nov 02, 2009 5:46 pm
Forum: UBCD V4 Support & Troubleshooting
Topic: Wrong UBCD?
Replies: 11
Views: 35614

Wrong UBCD? Details of problems

I hate to keep bothering you so I was wondering if there is a place online that will show me what I will see as soon as I insert the UBCD? In reading the testdisk page it says about naming the the disk.. "Windows versions of TestDisk use /dev/sdX as the disk name (where 'X' would be a, b, c... ...
by Know Nadda
Mon Nov 02, 2009 12:33 pm
Forum: UBCD V4 Support & Troubleshooting
Topic: Wrong UBCD?
Replies: 11
Views: 35614

Wrong UBCD? Details of problems

For testdisk see the documentation on: http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk Upon visiting the testdisk site it appears to be a miracle worker! For the HD from the PC that supposedly has a bad motherboard which was corrupted or wiped by the shop it actually sounds like I could maybe recover the O...
by Know Nadda
Sun Nov 01, 2009 7:30 pm
Forum: UBCD V4 Support & Troubleshooting
Topic: Wrong UBCD?
Replies: 11
Views: 35614

Wrong UBCD? Details of problems

Do you have a USB hard drive? No, I never got one once I found out there was no data on the HD To recover the "No OS" hard drive, you can try testdisk to repair the partition table. Photorec can also find the individual pictures, but won't be able to give them the original filename (but g...
by Know Nadda
Thu Oct 29, 2009 2:04 pm
Forum: UBCD V4 Support & Troubleshooting
Topic: Wrong UBCD?
Replies: 11
Views: 35614

Wrong UBCD? Details of problems

Thank you for fast reply! Here is the story and, it's a long one which involves 2 PC's I'll do one at a time. I had HP XP Media Center PC which stopped working on me so I took it to Aware Bear here in Rochester. They called and said the mother board was shot but my HD was fine and did I want them to...
by Know Nadda
Thu Oct 29, 2009 9:50 am
Forum: UBCD V4 Support & Troubleshooting
Topic: Wrong UBCD?
Replies: 11
Views: 35614

Wrong UBCD?

Hello,
I just joined and am now thinking I ordered the wrong CD from ebay. I have Windows XP and I saw the info on your main page saying I should go to UBCD4Win.com Will there be anything on the UBCD that just arrived that will work with WinXP? Thanks very much! Cheryl :oops: