Craying out Loud...My PC Packed Up

[subair37]

Hi Friend

Please help me.......yesterday my mouse stuck wont move, so i switched the power off and on again, but my pc wont boot to desktop then, tried all ways, got my xp recovery cd, but dont know how to sort this issue out i cannote afford to lose my data which is in my hard drive ......Please help me guys how to fix this using my Win XP recovery CD.........Please help need to retain the data in my Hard disk as well.....Please......

[Ghitulescu]

how about a little google here -> www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/repair_xp.htm

[setarip_old]

@subair37

Have you first carefully cleaned out the innards of your system (including the fans) to remove any accumulated gunk and dust bunnies - and re-seated all cards and checked to make sure that all cables (internal and external) are properly secured?