Took back off laptop to repair touch pad and now XP won't boot up (just keeps restarting)

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So, I know I've done a retarded thing I'm just hoping I can fix it. The touch pad on my laptop seemed to be not working because it was loose and falling into the keyboard. So, I powered everything thing down and took out the battery. I unscrewed the back and very carefully remove the bottom and fixed the position of the touch pad with some tape to keep it from falling through the keyboard. I carefully put everything back and started it up. It goes to the Windows XP Home Ed. load screen but then it won't boot up. It gives me the error message "sorry for the inconveince...blahblahblah....start in safe mode, network boot, boot in DOS, keep last settings, or start windows normally." I've chosen each one of those modes but it just won't bootup...it just restarts with the same messages. The one thing I notice is when I chose safe mode and dos mode I saw a bunch of drivers scroll down the screen. Have I completely messed things up or can I save my important research that is trapped on the hard drive. Any suggestions are desperately needed. I appreciate your time. Thanks...PEACE.
 
You can try contacting the laptop mfg'r or their repair
center. Since you took it apart you probably voided the
warranty. Perhaps they can fix it at reasonable price or
you can find a qualified tech who knows how to fix it.

The good news is that you can get a nice new laptop for less
than $1,000.



| So, I know I've done a retarded thing I'm just hoping I
can fix it. The touch pad on my laptop seemed to be not
working because it was loose and falling into the keyboard.
So, I powered everything thing down and took out the
battery. I unscrewed the back and very carefully remove the
bottom and fixed the position of the touch pad with some
tape to keep it from falling through the keyboard. I
carefully put everything back and started it up. It goes to
the Windows XP Home Ed. load screen but then it won't boot
up. It gives me the error message "sorry for the
inconveince...blahblahblah....start in safe mode, network
boot, boot in DOS, keep last settings, or start windows
normally." I've chosen each one of those modes but it just
won't bootup...it just restarts with the same messages. The
one thing I notice is when I chose safe mode and dos mode I
saw a bunch of drivers scroll down the screen. Have I
completely messed things up or can I save my important
research that is trapped on the hard drive. Any suggestions
are desperately needed. I appreciate your time.
Thanks...PEACE.
 
The problem is I'm not the original owner and I have some important information that I need to salvage from the laptop. This is some pretty sensitive data that my boss wouldn't like to get out if you know what I mean.
 
You can remove the hard drive and get an adapter that will
allow you to install the 2-1/2 inch laptop drive in a 3-1/2
rack and connect the IDE and power so you can save the data
you need or remove it from the drive. You can then run a
shredder program (such as comes free with SpyBot Search &
Destroy ( www.safer-networking.org ) . Then you can
re-install the drive in the laptop and safely send it out
for repair.


| The problem is I'm not the original owner and I have some
important information that I need to salvage from the
laptop. This is some pretty sensitive data that my boss
wouldn't like to get out if you know what I mean.
 
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