Help me please!! PC won't boot

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From: Jay (nope_at_tospam.com)
Date: 12/23/04

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    Hi.
    I accidentally switched off my sons pc from the switch rather than the
    shutdown process. Now when I try and reboot it won't.
    It says it can't find boot records. It's OS is XP. It's a Packard Bell (very
    trusted up until now)
    I am desperate coz he has all his course work on there and everything else
    and I'm going to be in the dog house for the rest of my life. Please pity me
    and help.
    When the pc was switched off I had to unplug everything from it for a little
    while but put everything back as it should be.
    I have a Win '98 bootdisk but that hit a wall. something about Fat.
    The CD rom does work but I don't want to reformat.
    What do I do?
    Jen

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