PC_LOAD_LETTER Posted April 15, 2008 Share Posted April 15, 2008 you can boot to a vista DVD and select language->next->repair windows->command prompt to get access to a non bootable XP machinethings that worked:could read/write NTFS partitions of the XP installregedittaskmgrDVD drivehot plugging a USB drive (no notification of it - had to guess the drive letter in cmd though)copy to/from hard disk/usb drive using DOS copy/xcopythings that didnt work:networking (duh)mmcexplorerhijackthis!MSOffice12 (yeah i tried it)still not a huge breakthrough but kinda worth noting incase you ever catch yourself with a XP box that wont do safemode, a vista DVD and no PE type cdoh and 1 other 'DidYouKnow' type thing:the hostname used during Vista initial setup (before networking is actually installed) is "MINWINPC" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacesurfer Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAVERICKS CHOICE Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 Must give it a try, thanks for the tip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickytwista Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 excellent tip which i no doubt shall use sometime in the future. nice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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