Thanks for all the suggestions, I will say that I tried to set the bootup to the CD drive, shut the comp off and restarted with the CD in, but it refuses to read it....My guess is that hubby deleted some important files prior to the system restore. And when he went to restore and the power went out, the files were corrupted or lost, and that's preventing all the normal avenues of bootup from working, but I plan on trying everyones suggestions, the 'leave no stone unturned' kinda thing, since alot of my work is backed up on his computer (my Bryce scene files, C4D, my models and all my Bryce mats) I'll let you know how it goes.....uuuggh, I hate this type if thing....

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