Thank you all for your help. I ended up installing a second XP install in windows2 folder, and I can recover my data from there! After I backup the files I nedd, I will reformat and reload.

Acid, thanks for the suggestions. As far as why the restore wouldn't work, I think the SAM (Security Accounts Manager) database was damaged or deleted. This is the best SWAG I can come up with based on the reading I did from the links I was sent.

Cheyenne
, Although I was unable to login to the recovery console, I found my solution in the threads you sent me. Thanks a lot! I get hero points from wife!