You can email me. Appreciate any and all help. Create a new post and ask about which version of live linux distro would be best if you need more info. U need to mount the hard drive. Not sure about the repair, u could boot into safe mode, f8 usually, and see if u get anywere. Regarding recovering files before reinstalling windows, the best way is to use a free linux distro live cd.
Search google for kubuntu, and download it, burn the iso to a disc, and boot from cd with in it. Its completely safe and wont harm anything as a live cd is like a try it before u install. Once the cd has loaded the hard drive should already be mounted and u can transfer files to a usb. The disk also contains all the tools you might need to repair or access an existing OS. You can always use reimage to repair windows it performs an in place reinstallation of all windows files.
Even if this inevitably does not effect a repair, it is still the first step in doing so. Boot from it, let it run just as though you were going to install windows, but at the first screen choose 'R' to run the recovery console. I haven't used that password in years. Is there a way around this? Recovery Console is a special boot up method that can be used to fix various problems that prevent Windows from booting normally. Insert your diskette in the computer.
Open "My Computer" then right click the A: drive and click Format. Click Start. Mostly, you do not need a bootable floppy diskette. Be reminded that the recovery console of Windows XP installation was also based from command prompt console and not on GUI console. Further, it has limited functions. We advised that you make use of our freeware to make a bootable CD and you can as well make your USB bootable recovery USB flash disk using our freeware.
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