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PC won't boot - how do I get to files

Last answer on Sep 4, 2008 8:30:11 pm BST clocker33, on Sep 4, 2008 7:01:51 pm BST 
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Hello,
I have a PC running on XP that stopped in the middle of a defrag. Now it won't reboot even from CD. I have another PC and ext. HD. Is there some way get files off of it and then do a clean install?

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 Anonymous, on Sep 4, 2008 8:30:11 pm BST

Just take the said hard drive and place it in your other computer to boot up. If it's a Windows 2000+ machine, it should be able to read the files on the drive.

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