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XP Loops Data erased

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by iam4u3

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I just turn my computer on and its unable to bootinto desktop. the systen restarts when the boot screen appears.
i tried to use safe mode but it stops at AVGRx86.sys. i tried to rename the file in the recovery console but i am unable to. i am also unable to list any directories in the recovery console.
when i go to the screen to repair the current installation of windows i notced that my C: is totally clean. It appears as if the hard drive has been totally erased. how can that be when i turn off the system good and it wasnt shwing any signs of errors or problems.
CAN ANYONE tell me how i can get this desktop running again with installing windows, i really need the files on the hard disk...

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by cmiller5400

STOP WHAT YOU ARE DOING!!!!

If you need the files on the disk, playing around when you don't know what the problem is, is like holding a blow torch near a stack of TNT. It's probably gonna blow up.

First order of business would be to check to make sure that the hard disk hasn't crapped out; I'd run the manufacturer's test utility on it to see if it has bad blocks. If that comes back clean, a boot to a Linux live CD or UBCD4Win to grab the files off the HDD would be advisable.

Edit: fix misc errors

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