Solve : Windows ME will not start up?

1.	Solve : Windows ME will not start up?
Answer» After INSERTING a normal flash memory STICK into my old laptop's USB port, Windows ME froze and LEFT me no option but to turn the power off. Since then it will not boot beyond the initial 'Microsoft Windows Millennium Startup Menu' in MS-DOS mode. Having attempted each of the 4 options it PROVIDES to boot the laptop (including Normal, Logged, Safe Mode and Step-by-step confimation), it decides to either restart entirely and go back to that MS-DOS screen, or when CHOOSING Safe Mode display a blue error screen stating "Windows protection error. You need to restart your computer. System halted". None of the options including 'Normal' seems to work. Is there anything I can do to boot this laptop, or at very least retireve all the files I desperately need? Please HELP!

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