Crashed computer

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From: Mark (Mark_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 07/08/04 

Date: Thu, 8 Jul 2004 07:10:02 -0700

I have:
Asus SK8N motherboard w/ nforce3 Pro 150 chipset AGP8X
Athalon 64 FX-51 CAG 101 processor
Seagate 120GB SATA 150 8MB Cache
 I turned on computer one day and could not get past Windows XP splash screen.
I tried booting in safe mode, safe mode with command prompt, boot to last known good setup. Nothing worked. In safe mode w/command prompt it always hangs up at ....??disk# partition#(not sure right now all the crud it had in path but ends with the following)...system32/mup.sys
When I try the setup disc with XP on it (provided by Cyberpower) it starts setup asks if I need to load any other drivers, (I hit enter to skip since I wasn't sent any floppy at all) then after looking like it's going to load..it then tells me it can't find any large capacity storage devices. I am getting the run around from tech. support.
I have been down for 2-1/2 weeks. Is there any way to save the data on my H/D?
What can/must I do to get this box up and running?
PLEASE note***Any help offered should be simple as I don't quite understand all the technical jargon you guys are capable of.
Thanks, 

-- 
Mark

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