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Safest 1st step. Slave your HD to another HD/comp ( no need to bolt it in, just cable it & leave it outside the case ) & copy your stuff onto the other HD or other media. You may have a choice of jumper settings on the master HD, such as master with slave or ms. 2nd safest. Howto Rescue Data From an Unbootable Windows PC. http://www.mepis.org/node/1450 Data Recovery with Linux http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl... One of the best tools for Windows data recovery is Linux? When all else fails and you desperately need information off of your hard drive, Linux is your safest bet. One of the best CD-bootable distributions out there is Knoppix (available for free at www.knoppix.org). Knoppix will allow you to not only possibly recover lost data that Windows simply cannot access, but also potentially fix hard drive errors and partition tables. What is Damn Small Linux, a.k.a. DSL? http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/f/ http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/downl... http://damnsmalllinux.org/cgi-bin/f... http://damnsmalllinux.org/cgi-bin/f... http://damnsmalllinux.org/cgi-bin/f... http://damnsmalllinux.org/cgi-bin/f... http://damnsmalllinux.org/cgi-bin/f... Runs from a CD, USB pendrive or embedded as guest OS. http://www.knoppix.org/ Ubuntu Linux http://www.ubuntulinux.org/ Puppy Linux http://www.goosee.com/puppy/ http://www.goosee.com/puppy/downloa...

If you want to try getting back to Windows without saving anything, here are other ways. SystemRescueCd http://www.sysresccd.org/Main_Page Hiren's BootCD http://homepage.ntlworld.com/hiren.... http://www.ddlboard.com/modules.php...

Hi HohnW...thank you so much for your suggestion. You are very much appreciated. I will try first to revive my crashed windows using the hiren's boot cd which you suggested. I will let you know asap if what would it come up. Thank you again for your great advice. AMD Athlon 2.2 Ghz, 256MB,