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  1. didjo

    HELP!HELP!HELP!

    Yep, I am now thinking of upgrading the PC to WIN7 and keep the current HD with the RAID configuration. I am still not sure about WIN8, I don't care about the touch screen but the $40 upgrade is very tempting.
  2. didjo

    HELP!HELP!HELP!

    Final update. I took the Raptor to a PC repair shop and the guy has confirmed that the logic board is damaged. As you said the hard drives were setup as RAID1 originally, therefore I still have all my data on the 2nd HD. It looks like it's time to upgrade the PC [pc2]
  3. didjo

    HELP!HELP!HELP!

    Quick update. It looks like the main HD (Raptor) is dead. When I start the PC the Windows XP I see it's actually on the second HD, the one I used only for data. Probably the PC shop I bought it from originally put the XP on both HD then set the Raptor as master. That's why now I see XP with no...
  4. didjo

    HELP!HELP!HELP!

    I thought I had a restore point but it doesn't show in system restore unfortunately.
  5. didjo

    HELP!HELP!HELP!

    More worried about my profile settings and all the software that right now don't seem to be installed anymore. Apart from the 2nd HD I can still access my data on the main HD under the "allusers" folder; the old user folder is no longer listed. Any chance I'll be able to use GetDataBack or...
  6. didjo

    HELP!HELP!HELP!

    Hi Dave, thank you for your help. I'm not sure what to do with System Preparation Tool popping up at the start. Yep I've only realized after my post that the title looks quite silly. Sorry I'm in panic mode right now.
  7. didjo

    HELP!HELP!HELP!

    Hi All, I really need your help with this. A couple of days ago I started my PC with Windows XP PRO and I got prompted to reactivate my key. Considering I haven't changed any hardware parts I thought it was a virus. Anyway I got the new activation key thru microsoft, I rebooted the system and...
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