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Caesar77
Hello,
I recently installed iTunes 7.3.2 for Windows 2000. After the setup
finished, it went to reboot the computer to complete the installation but the
computer wouldn't reboot. The Windows 2000 splash screen came up and the
status bar at the bottom of the screen gets to about 75% but will not go any
further. The little moving lines that flow across the splash screen continue
to flow, so I suppose it's not totally frozen, but the status bar will not
move beyond 75%.
After trying a normal boot several times, I then tried safe mode. After
pressing F8 during start up, I get the safe mode menu and select the "Safe
Mode" option, but just like with the Windows 2000 splash screen, the white
progress bar on the bottom of the black screen starts moving to the right but
then nothing happens - it will not boot into safe mode.
I was tempted to try the "Last known Good Configuration," but I didn't know
if I should or not. And now I'm scared to because after the computer wouldn't
boot, I had to take out one of the hard drives (the slave drive used for
extra storage) and put it in an old case just to use it to get online and ask
this question. So now if I try the last known good configuration, what if it
just wants to go back to before I took the slave drive out (and the computer
wouldn't boot)? I just don't know what to do, someone please help me.
I've never made an Emergency Repair Disk so that's not an option. Would I be
able to make/use an emergency disk from the computer I'm on now? My friend
suggested reinstalling the OS from the Windows 2000 CD on top the current OS
as a last resort but I don't know if that's the right thing to do or if it
will erase and the files I have on the drive - pictures, movies, documents,
etc. in folders on the desktop and in My Documents. You've probably heard
this a million times before, but my whole life is on there - someone please,
please help me.
I looked in the phone book for data recovery and there were a lot of people
listed. If you are not able to help me get things going again on my own, can
you suggest what I should look for in someone who does data recovery? How
successful are they usually, how much cost, what to look for, etc. I, of
course, would like to try everything possible myself before turning the
computer and drive over to a stranger. I know there are do it yourself
programs like SpinRite, but I don't know if stuff like that would work in my
situation.
My friend also said he heard of someone putting a bad Windows drive into a
Linux system and that they were able to browse the drive and copy off all of
their files, but he wasn't sure of the details. But I'll try anything. And I
promise I'll back up data often and take every possible step to never be in
this situation again, someone just please help. Thank you so much for any
help you can provide.
I recently installed iTunes 7.3.2 for Windows 2000. After the setup
finished, it went to reboot the computer to complete the installation but the
computer wouldn't reboot. The Windows 2000 splash screen came up and the
status bar at the bottom of the screen gets to about 75% but will not go any
further. The little moving lines that flow across the splash screen continue
to flow, so I suppose it's not totally frozen, but the status bar will not
move beyond 75%.
After trying a normal boot several times, I then tried safe mode. After
pressing F8 during start up, I get the safe mode menu and select the "Safe
Mode" option, but just like with the Windows 2000 splash screen, the white
progress bar on the bottom of the black screen starts moving to the right but
then nothing happens - it will not boot into safe mode.
I was tempted to try the "Last known Good Configuration," but I didn't know
if I should or not. And now I'm scared to because after the computer wouldn't
boot, I had to take out one of the hard drives (the slave drive used for
extra storage) and put it in an old case just to use it to get online and ask
this question. So now if I try the last known good configuration, what if it
just wants to go back to before I took the slave drive out (and the computer
wouldn't boot)? I just don't know what to do, someone please help me.
I've never made an Emergency Repair Disk so that's not an option. Would I be
able to make/use an emergency disk from the computer I'm on now? My friend
suggested reinstalling the OS from the Windows 2000 CD on top the current OS
as a last resort but I don't know if that's the right thing to do or if it
will erase and the files I have on the drive - pictures, movies, documents,
etc. in folders on the desktop and in My Documents. You've probably heard
this a million times before, but my whole life is on there - someone please,
please help me.
I looked in the phone book for data recovery and there were a lot of people
listed. If you are not able to help me get things going again on my own, can
you suggest what I should look for in someone who does data recovery? How
successful are they usually, how much cost, what to look for, etc. I, of
course, would like to try everything possible myself before turning the
computer and drive over to a stranger. I know there are do it yourself
programs like SpinRite, but I don't know if stuff like that would work in my
situation.
My friend also said he heard of someone putting a bad Windows drive into a
Linux system and that they were able to browse the drive and copy off all of
their files, but he wasn't sure of the details. But I'll try anything. And I
promise I'll back up data often and take every possible step to never be in
this situation again, someone just please help. Thank you so much for any
help you can provide.