whip the hard drive out.
shuv it into another sytem.
recover the shit you need.

reinstall... start a fresh and work out whats fucked up.
( MrA, Thu 17 Apr 2008, 0:03, archived)

This sounds like a good plan.

( Wildheart Baby. Drunken Mess In A Good Way, Thu 17 Apr 2008, 0:05, archived)

if i had my xp product key
i'd likely have already gone with this
( StickFigureNinja is worried he may be on the list, Thu 17 Apr 2008, 0:08, archived)

This may help
www.magicaljellybean.com/downloads/kf141.zip

I've no idea if, or how, it works as I've never used it but there you go ...

edit: although, since you can't get to Windows it probably won't ... bugger
( Sheriff Fatman George is On, Thu 17 Apr 2008, 0:16, archived)