longhair1953 Posted December 29, 2012 Report Share Posted December 29, 2012 I have an older (xp) desk-top who's hard drive crashed and I want to connect to it using a Ethernet cable if possible. I get a message that say it has no valid IP address. Can anyone suggest steps to take. Once I connect I want to reload xp if possible... Normal start up nothing happens no screen, nothing..Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted December 30, 2012 Report Share Posted December 30, 2012 Welcome to the Windows forum.Not quire clear what you are trying to achieve. If you cannot start Windows on that machine, then you cannot really connect to it.Do you have a backup of that crashed disk? Can you still make a backup of that crashed disk, e.g. offline by taking it out, or via bootable backup media like Acronis? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longhair1953 Posted December 31, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2012 Thanks .... Just have an older xp that crashed about 6 months ago and it will not boot up and wanted to get it running again so I could give it to one of the kids to use... Does not even go to blue screen just sitting there ... Was thinking if I could connect it to my laptop I could look at the hard drive and figure out what happen and repair it..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bludgard Posted January 1, 2013 Report Share Posted January 1, 2013 Desk-top, lap-top or home-brew (frankenstein)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted January 1, 2013 Report Share Posted January 1, 2013 Is it sure that it is the hard drive that crashed? Can you make a bootable disk, e.g. some Linux to boot it, then look at the HD?Or, if you have Acronis, make a boot disk from it, then boot that computer with it and try make a full backup? If you can do that, then replace the HD and restore the backup to it.I've just done the same last week with a computer with a failed HD; turned out quite successful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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