I have a desktop PC that WAS running Windows XP. For no apparent reason, now, on power-up, it is stuck in some sort of loop... Initially comes up with the blue screen "We apologize for the inconvenience..." but the 30 second countdown finishes, goes to a black screen showing it's "loading"... then goes back to the "Inconvenience" screen, and continues looping. Prior to the "Inconvenience" screen, I am able to hit "F1" and it brings up the Phoenix Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility", but I have no idea what if anything to change.
My questions: (1) How can I make a backup CD of files I do not wish to lose, and (B) how can I enable Windows XP to operate? I assume I'll need to use the "System Restore" disk to reset everything, but is there any way to recover specific files prior to that step?