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I need to fix my friend's Windows computer.
This is the following message on startup.
We've tried to recover using a Windows disk, no luck. It might be a hardware failure and it might not be salvageable.
I need to save priceless photos! Music can be replaced (though expensive as these are all purchased from iTunes) but photos are very sentimental.
So I know that Macs can boot up in Target Disk mode, can Windows do this and can a Mac read this as a Firewire drive or plugged in USB drive or something? I just need to save these pics. Can a Mac read it? I haven't tried, my friend is somewhere else now so she'd have to ask her Windows or Mac friends or someone... we just need to get these.
If you know how to recover this all with Windows computers, please help. I think she has access to Windows and Mac computers, so anything you can think of...
Please help!
This is the following message on startup.
Code:
windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt:
<WINDOWS root>\system32\hal.dll.
please reinstall a copy of the above file.
We've tried to recover using a Windows disk, no luck. It might be a hardware failure and it might not be salvageable.
I need to save priceless photos! Music can be replaced (though expensive as these are all purchased from iTunes) but photos are very sentimental.
So I know that Macs can boot up in Target Disk mode, can Windows do this and can a Mac read this as a Firewire drive or plugged in USB drive or something? I just need to save these pics. Can a Mac read it? I haven't tried, my friend is somewhere else now so she'd have to ask her Windows or Mac friends or someone... we just need to get these.
If you know how to recover this all with Windows computers, please help. I think she has access to Windows and Mac computers, so anything you can think of...
Please help!