I'll ask now and check later.
I may have read a similar type question someone askedbefore, but I'll ask mine.....
What do you do with a computer that won't start in Windows mode? A lot of foreign language and texts are appearing when it's booted.It's using Windows98. It'll start in "safety" mode but will not start in "standard" form where desktop items and the like appear. It doesn't let the user surf the net, look at files or anything. I gather it needs to be re-booted (somehow), but there's a problem. The user has important articles he has been writing for months in Word Documents for a magazinewhich he's stored under My Documents,but cannot get access to them. Even in "sefety" start-up mode. That's his only concern. He doesn't care about anything else. Infact, since the crash ( a fewweeks back now)he has updated to a new and improved computer, but still wants to retriev his lost douments.
I gather it need to be rebooted or Windows98 re-programmed into it to get it working again. But because he's moved on, he doesn't care about repairs. Just wants to put his documents into a hard disk so he can reload them into his new computer.
Can the "lost" documents be gathered without sending the CPU away for repair? What are his alternatives? I'm just trying to come to the aid of a young kid.
Cheers/Aaron C