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protokatie:
KNOPPIX is a live disc (IE you boot off of the disc with no installing of any software). Anyone who deals with computers should have a knoppix disc lying around for emergency access to a computer. It is completely free as an ISO download, and you can do a simple image burn to a CD or DVD (depending what version you get).
No partitioning
No dual boot
No headache
(Just put the disc in the drive and reboot, and you have a fully functional OS that can mount FAT32 and NTFS discs and even connect with your home network). VERY useful as an emergency backup OS. I am sure there are plenty of people on BYOAC who have a KNOPPIX disc handy.

EDIT: If you havent gotten it yet, you can use KNOPPIX on a computer without a harddrive. On top of that, it can read "protected" directories. Please, do yourself a favor and DL knoppix (5.11) and burn it on a disc. Boot off of it (no install needed) and play with it. If anything, KNOPPIX will be the disc you will need if your XP craps out and you need to check your email (yes, it comes with a browser, but no M$ email client).
If anything, a copy of KNOPPIX is your best bet for any major OS/HDD failure. Just give it a try (an as I said earlier, there is no configuring of it, no partitioning, and no dual boot)

SavannahLion:
Damn, Protokatie beat me to the punch. So I deleted my entire comment and leave only this last sentence.

If you genuinely have an aversion to Linux, go Google for BartPE or UBCD (which includes BartPE) and get a LiveCD configured and created.

RayB:
Thanks for the education Prototakie!
I'll try it out tomorrow.

protokatie:
Did you have any luck?

RayB:
Here is how I got around the problem:

Put the HD back in the laptop.

Push the laptop on the floor with the power cord wedged against the foot of a coffee table.

Find the right angle and amount of pressure on the power cord to keep it powered.

Hold it there with my foot while watching TV.

Move my foot a little every time the chargning light went off.

A couple hours later, there was enough juice in the battery for me to log in, remove the existing passwords, and for extra redundancy, copied files out of Docs & Settings to a temp folder.

Battery ran out just as copying finished.

DONE!
(just gotta reconnect to other pc with usb adapter and copy the files off)

Who wants to buy a defective HP laptop?

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