I did try to boot from the cd. It gives me the option of launching the recovery console, but when selected it hangs up. When I enter the setup option, it starts to install Windows anew.
When I try to boot normally (not from cd), I get a "fatal system error." It says in part "Session manager initialization system process terminated unexpectedly. The system has been shut down." It then trys to reboot, and continues through this loop.
It doesn't look good to me then.
Easiest option would be backupping files with linux live cd and then reinstalling windows.
If you are not happy with that, I can redirect you to some windows forum.
Microsoft MVP Consumer Security 2008-2011
Member of ASAP and UNITE since 2006
I'm not familiar with backing up files with Linux live cd.
Last edited by tashi; 2009-10-19 at 23:34. Reason: Archive date
This might help here. You can use for example external hard drive instead of usb stick.
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