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Physical Memory Dump while XP installation - urgent help needed

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tomos:
This one might be more user friendly? Prob good to read both..
(have not started in safe mode self but know ms stuff can be a heavy read)
How to start Windows in Safe Mode

Ralf Maximus:
My laptop is heating up and shuts off.

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Huh?  That doesn't sound like a software problem.

ChalkTrauma:
I have to agree, that sounds more like a hardware problem..

If you do manage to get it started, here is a really good tutorial to analyze the dump file and find out what is causing the problem:

http://forums.majorgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=35246

If all else fails you could get a cheap USB to IDE bridge and pull the data off the drive with another system, something like this:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812232002

mouser:
ChalkTrauma -- that is a great idea, except:
do these ide-usb bridges connect to a laptop hard drive? i don't think so.

does anyone know of an adapter that will let you connect a notebook drive to a pc via usb? that would actually be very useful to know about.

ChalkTrauma:
Sure do.. I do it all the time.. been through 3 hard drives on my ThinkPad T40 so far < ugh >.. Works like a charm..

I bought one about a year ago and it is on loan more to people than I actually have it   :D

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