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so windows xp restore disk decided to remove a partition on my 1tb secondary drive and replace it with a 128gb unformatted partition. even though i wasnt doing anything to that drive. before i try and reconstruct this partition ( none of the data was touched, it wasnt formated or anything, just the partition replaced) i want to know what the best way to go about this is. whats the easiest program to use and how to do it. i know ive done this in the past and successfully retrieved my data, but i forget the exact process i used and would rather do some searching before possibly corrupting 600gb worth of data.
btw if anyone has ever had this happen to them i found a fix...
the reason i did all this in the first place was because my USB keyboard drivers somehow got corrupted after a restart. my computer has 8 USB plugs and no PS2 plugs. 3 different keyboards worked in bios but would stop working upon windows loading. my usb mouse would work in windows, but i couldnt get past the login screen because i couldnt type a username and password. i tried all of these in all different usb ports, all did nothing.
one line of code in the recovery console fixes this.
boot from your windows XP installation CD. when its finished loading press 'R' to get to recovery console. select and login to the windows installation. then type this... (X= drive letter of the installation, replace X with C, D, E, etc. assuming X:\WINDOWS is the windows installation directory)
COPY X:\WINDOWS\REPAIR\SYSTEM X:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG
<enter>
done. your USB keyboard now works.
i couldnt find this anywhere on the interwebs so i figured i would type it up and maybe someone with the same problem will find it.
btw if anyone has ever had this happen to them i found a fix...
the reason i did all this in the first place was because my USB keyboard drivers somehow got corrupted after a restart. my computer has 8 USB plugs and no PS2 plugs. 3 different keyboards worked in bios but would stop working upon windows loading. my usb mouse would work in windows, but i couldnt get past the login screen because i couldnt type a username and password. i tried all of these in all different usb ports, all did nothing.
one line of code in the recovery console fixes this.
boot from your windows XP installation CD. when its finished loading press 'R' to get to recovery console. select and login to the windows installation. then type this... (X= drive letter of the installation, replace X with C, D, E, etc. assuming X:\WINDOWS is the windows installation directory)
COPY X:\WINDOWS\REPAIR\SYSTEM X:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG
<enter>
done. your USB keyboard now works.
i couldnt find this anywhere on the interwebs so i figured i would type it up and maybe someone with the same problem will find it.