Windows XP recovery console

[love]

hi i hav a prob and would appreciate any help:

computer is a emachine 1.6Ghz intel cleron , 60Gb hard drive, 256 ram, windows XP home edition

i hav a emachine and it was runnin windows xp home edition. the computer was shut down and while it was shutting down the mains were turned off.

eva since then the windows fails to start up.....it comes up with a screen for startin up in safe mode etc but non of them work.....i hav tried all the techniques such as boot disk etc.....i then turned to using windows' rocovery console. it was all goin well...all the information that is avainlble on the windows support website i followed (http://support.microsoft.com/default...EN-US;q307654). i got to the stage were i am in comnd line and i am in the rute folder (C:\ windows)....ive checked and made sure all the directories are present and so are the folders......

wat i ned to no is how do i run windows from here?...wat do i do.....i ODNT WANT TO LOSE MY DATA ON THE DRIVE
(i also hav a window xp cd in the D: drive)

can somone help me plz

[thedon57]

This is what i have found on the recovery Console sorry if some of it you have already done but i will write it as it is in the microsoft manual.
1 Insert the windows cd and restart your computer. follow your computer's prompts to start from the cd.
2 Follow the setup prompts to load the basic windows startup files. at the welcome to setup screen, press R to start the recovery Console.
3 If you have multiple options on the windows startup menu, enter the number of the windows installation you want to access from REcovery Console.
4 When prompted , type the administractor password. if you're using the recovery console on a system running windows xp Home Edition, this password is blank by default so just press Enter.
5 At The Command prompt, enter recovery console commands directly.
6 To quit the recovery console and restart the computer , use the exit command.

Using Recovery Console Commands

After you;ve logged onto recovery console you can type help to see a list of all available commands. Type help commandname or use the /? switch after a command name to learn its syntax.

What will come up is a list and what they do
I hope the above helps you keep us informed how you get on