Last night before shutting down my Dell XPS 410 desk-top computer, I noticed that a Windows update was avaiable, so I clicked on the prompt and the message which appeared indicated that the update would be installed and my computer would then shut
down. This morning, my computer would not boot up!! Therefore, I tried to use the Installation Disk that came with my computer, and in the window that appeared, I selected "Repair Your Computer" at the lower left. In the System
Recovery Options window which appeared, I selected Microsoft Windows Vista on the C: Drive and clicked on Next. Then, I selected the first option under Choose a Recovery Tool, ie., Startup Repair. When the repair attempt was finished, I saw
the window which said "Startup Repair cannot repair this computer automatically". I looked under "View diagnostic and repair details, and scrolled to the bottom of the resulting window. It said that the registry was corrupt!!
(Heaven forbid!!!). I am afraid to use the System Restore option, because,
AT ALL COST, I DON'T WANT TO LOSE THE NEARLY 450 GB OF FILES I HAVE ON THIS COMPUTER!!! PLEASE HELP!!
