Repair

Disclaimers and Warnings
This guide was written specifically about Windows XP and Magical Jelly Bean Keyfinder version 2.01, but should also work on Windows 2000, Windows Vista, Windows 7, and with newer versions of MJBK.
Read all of this guide carefully and back up your data before starting the Product Key recovery. I’m assuming you have [...]

Please see my earlier post here. Microsoft has identified one cause of an endless reboot occurring after an attempt to upgrade a computer from Windows Vista to Windows 7. Another upgrader has found another cause for the reboot loop.
MS found that folders in the My Documents folder with a path length that is [...]

Microsoft is currently trying to resolve why some users’ attempts to upgrade to Windows 7 from Windows Vista results in an endless reboot loop with the computer not updated to the new version and unable to restore Vista. Some of the borked computers may have had corrupted downloads of the Windows 7 upgrade software [...]

Ever needed to know how to replace the motherboard on a computer that is running Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, or Windows 2000?
If Windows boots:
Boot Windows. Put the Windows CD in the drive and start Setup with the Upgrade option. Follow instructions until the computer reboots.
When it reboots, pull the plug. Replace the motherboard. Restart [...]

OK, techs: how often would you have loved to be able to access a NTFS drive from a DOS boot floppy? It happens to me two to four times a year. Unfortunately, the only program that was capable of that before a short time ago was NTFSDOS Pro from Systernals. It came [...]

I’ve been using SpinRite for about six months now - the first time I tried it was on a customer’s computer that wouldn’t boot into Windows XP. I thought, well, I’ll try this software first and - if it works - I’ll save the customer the cost of backing up their data, reinstalling [...]