[BMyers]

Help! I accidntly shut My PC off by the power switch.Now it won't boot. It will not go to last know config,Normal startup,and when I try safemode it just stop at a point with had drive activity but nothing going on. When it tries to go inot XP it goes to CHDSK and says "Cannot open volume for direct acess. Finished.The hard drive is a new WD120/7200. I tried a fixmbr and fixboot off the OS cd in recovery and did not do anything. Below is the specs of the PC. Thanks Bruce

XP Prof
Thermotake 480 PS
ATI 9700Pro
KT4ulyra-Fisr
2800 Barton
512 2700 DDR
120 WD 7200 HD
DvD Rom
Audigy 2 Platinum
USR 56K modem
1.44 Floppy
Sony DVD Burner

[rthiery]

Already have a backup of your data? Fine!

If not... You might also try to boot up with CD (like knoppix) and save your data on another medium (network, USB stick, whatever).

Which data are essential to you is specific, think about Desktop, Bookmarks, "My documents"-Directory (and the one of the potential other users), emails, etc.

[BMyers]

Can I boot up with the XP cd and recover files. What do you think happened? Did it lost a major boot file? The drive is new.
Have you ever heard of turning the pc off by accident and then not booting? I guess reloading xp over xp might not help. Bruce

[DS3Circuit]

I would suggest using the Repair installation feature of XP so that you wont lose all your settings.

You might want to try this if you feel the need to move your data and/or attempt another recovery (if at least to read the event logs) http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/

G'luck