Yep, my impatience got me. Rather then waiting for a logical shutdown (so very, very slow), I depressed the ON button to turn off my PC (eMachines T-1440). Next morning, I can no longer boot up Windows XP Pro. It keeps cycling through the attempted bootup. I’ve tried Safe Mode, Last Known … etc. many times but it just cycles through the motion with no bootup.
After trying to Repair Windows, it says Windows is too corrupted and if I re-install Windows, it must re-format partition C:. Before I do that, is there a way to save the data on C:? Could I put on another external drive then use that for Windows then get the data off the non-bootable C: drive?
By the way, about 4 months ago, I turned off the auto save feature of my external Iomega 80GB drive and was only one day away from turning it back on. I’ll buy a second external drive if I must because I’d like to save the data on my existing 80GB extrenal drive. Looks like my timing is terrible.
I don’t have a second PC available.
Your help will be much appreciated.
