1. LiveCD's are like portable OSes; you boot from them and get a working environment to slurp your files. 2. The adapter plugs into your hard drive and then into your USB port to connect the two. 3. Don't mess around with the Restore CD(1/1)

if you're not technologically proficient.

I would suggest that you use the restore CD and boot to the command propmpt. If the computer does not reboot after being at the command pronpt for a while this probably eliminates any hardware malfunction concerns. Proceed with XP install.

As said before, you'll need a LiveCD to complete the task. Linux distributions with NTFS read/write support work best for me. You may have a BartPE based Windows XP disc or a BSD LiveCD. The choice is yours. However, you will not be (1/1)

able to extract anything from the computer with simply a USB cable and a hard drive; there is no software to move the data, right?

best is take the hard drive out of the computer, connect it to a IDE/SATA-USB adapter, and connect that via USB to another computer to copy files off of it (this is how to get data off when the original PC doesn't boot up)

U can also try these softwares 2 retrieve data
http://tinyurl.com/2yjas9

Have you tried booting from your Windows XP CD? Does it still restart after doing that and getting to the Windows setup menu?

Bad power supply, bad RAM, or overheating (make sure all fans in computer are running when on and aren't blocked by anything). Retrieve data off of hard drive by connecting to a device that allows any hard drive to be connected via USB.

use an external hard drive and a liveCD to extract/back up all the data from the computer. in order to fix it, we would have to know some more specifics about your problem.

I have seen this before and my resolution was to intall another copy of Windows XP on the computer (not a reformat install). This will allow you to still access any data that is on the computer but you will have to re-install your programs.

normally this happens wen ther is a voltage fluctuation or the UPS battery is slow. it keeps restarting
automatically.

I am right handed and I always put my left leg in first.

I'm right handed and always go right leg first. Don't think it has to do with whether you're right or left handed though. It probably has more to do with whether you're right or left leg dominant. For example, in snowboarding people who are right leg d

dominant ride regular and people who are left leg dominant ride goofy. I ride regular so maybe dominant leg goes in first?