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Re: Startup problem
> I would suggest that an appropriate first question would be about the state
> of your backups. If you don't have any, now is the time to stop and make
> them.
Thank you so much for your help and your reminder. Actually, I didn't have
any good backup for my computer. I am regretting so much now. Now I think
that you are right. I should stop to do anything on my hardware now.
> Remove the hard disk from the system, and either attach it to another system
> and copy the files off (USB2 drive cases are very helpful for this) or, with
> the original drive out, install a new drive and use the old one as a backup.
> Where I am, half-terabyte drives are close to $80, so it's not a huge
> investment and often an upgrade. Do a new install, then reattach the old
> drive once the system is running and just copy your data back.
For the option 1, I should remove the hard disk from my computer, then,
attach it to another computer, is it works for another computer? What is USB2
drive cases?
For the option 2, I should buy a hardware disk which is same as my original
hardware driver, or I could buy any hardware driver. My computer is Dell
computer. After I get a new hardware driver, I just do a new Windows XP
installation on the new hardware driver, right?
> However, if the problem is with hardware, as can replacing the drive isn't
> likely to resolve it.
I have done Dell Hardware Diagnostic. Testing is passed. I think that my
hardware driver should be ok.
> While you have the drive out of the system, look in the root for the one or
> two very large files, hiberfil.sys and pagefile.sys. Delete them, and
> empty the wastebasket. This is sometimes all it takes to resolve this
> problem.
You means that I should attach my hardware to another computer as second
hardware, then find hiberfil.sys and pagefile.sy, then, delete them, right?
Is it possiblem that I go to Repair Console from CD, to delete them?
Thanks a lot,
--qq
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