We just were given an older Hewlett Packard (1998) computer. The previous owner had it "CLEANED out" and had things added.  I enjoy it and have put alot of my WORK in it, and now it won't turn on.  It goes to the Windows Millenium ME screen and then to the screen where it asks if I want setup, and if I don't it goes to a black screen and asks to load emergency boot disk and type in some code WORDS.  I never received a disk of this kind with it, and am afraid of loosing everything.  I have Microsoft works and a couple other programs on it, and use the internet with it, is there another way to get it to boot itself?  Or am I in a world of hurt?  Thanks RebaEh... you didn't describe your problem very specifically, I'm not exactly sure what you're talking about. o.o But even if you're unable to get your computer to boot, all's not lost. ^^ You can easily remove the hard drive from the computer and put it into another computer as a slave drive, and copy all the information you might need. After you're sure you've gotten all you need, if you want to make the computer useable again, just get a windows disk (I'd suggest using Windows XP, Windows Millenium Edition was a total piece of crap...) and re-format the hard drive with a new installation of Windows. If you've got any more questions, feel free to ask here or by emailing me. ^^ You can also reach me on AIM at T3h L337 Sesshy. Hope I've helped. if u can get tonother computer, such as one of your friends, copy your three main boot files....to see them though u need to go to your folder options, and click the view tab....from there unlok hidden files, hidden file EXTENSIONS, and protected system files....then go to the C:\ and copy these three files to a floppy disk...

1.boot.ini
2.ntldr
3.ntdetect.com

then boot your computer from the floppy and it should boot windows..... if it DONT then your problem is deeper then that...but try that first...and if it does bootyou into windows see if any of the three files i listed are corrupt or missing....compare them to the one on the floppy...especially your boot.ini file....make sure it is written right....but if anything, those three files should boot you into Windows so u can fix whatever other problems you may have ...