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Dell 9400 GPU problem and HDD

post #1 of 6
7/30/10 at 7:06pm
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Hello, Thank you for wonderful and helpful site...

I am trying to help a friend with an issue related to Dell 9400. The graphic card just stopped working and I cant do anything with the computer. His biggest worries is that he need his outlook files and I want to copy the files from his pc.

Since I cant see anything on his computer, because of the GPU issue, I removed the HDD and connected it externally to my pc and tried to find *.pst file. the problem is that his user map is secured so I cant get in to it. I have tried to use ERD commander to remove the security settings but I cant get ERD to pick up the external HDD.

Can anyone help me on getting the *.pst file?. The only outlook *.pst file I could get was the one on default folder and that is no use to him.

Thanking you in advanced

Bia
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post #2 of 6
7/30/10 at 9:03pm
the only thing I can think of is booting off th hard drive the running outlook, and exporting the .pst file

Either that or find a cheap GPU for the 9400 aka the ati x1400 GPU
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post #3 of 6
7/31/10 at 5:29am
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Hi dave-p
That is what i want, but how can I boot the hd? I cant just plug it into another laptop and start it, it wouldnt work that way, because I dont have a pc which has the same chip-set. or Can I do that. I do have dell 9200 or HP dv9000. I dont think my 9200 has Sata...

I dont know...I need all help I can get....

Tanx again!
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post #4 of 6
7/31/10 at 2:25pm
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Hello everyone...I found a program which allowed me to take an ownership of the folder I was looking for and extract the *.pst file I was looking and copy that file to my pc...now my friend will be very happy...Thank you for the help...
P.S
I am not sure if I am allowed to post the site which I managed to get the help here but if that is ok and other people want I will post it...just reply to this mesg.

tanx
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post #5 of 6
7/31/10 at 6:22pm
and for future you should do backups of the outlook program and store it either on a USB key or backup drive

Makes for a easy recovery of your mail and contacts
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post #6 of 6
1/18/11 at 8:55pm
there is a program a linux boot disk that can break xp passwords.. google it.
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