Tried to repair laptop touch pad myself and now continuous restarting but XP won't boot

[Guest]

So, I know I've done a retarded thing I'm just hoping I can fix it. The touch pad on my laptop seemed to be not working because it was loose and falling into the keyboard. So, I powered everything thing down and took out the battery. I unscrewed the back and very carefully remove the bottom and fixed the position of the touch pad with some tape to keep it from falling through the keyboard. I carefully put everything back and started it up. It goes to the Windows XP Home Ed. load screen but then it won't boot up. It gives me the error message "sorry for the inconveince...blahblahblah....start in safe mode, network boot, boot in DOS, keep last settings, or start windows normally." I've chosen each one of those modes but it just won't bootup...it just restarts with the same messages. The one thing I notice is when I chose safe mode and dos mode I saw a bunch of drivers scroll down the screen. Have I completely messed things up or can I save my important research that is trapped on the hard drive. Any suggestions are desperately needed. I appreciate your time. Thanks...PEACE.

 

[Sharon F]

So, I know I've done a retarded thing I'm just hoping I can fix it. The
touch pad on my laptop seemed to be not working because it was loose and
falling into the keyboard. So, I powered everything thing down and took
out the battery. I unscrewed the back and very carefully remove the
bottom and fixed the position of the touch pad with some tape to keep it
from falling through the keyboard. I carefully put everything back and
started it up. It goes to the Windows XP Home Ed. load screen but then
it won't boot up. It gives me the error message "sorry for the
inconveince...blahblahblah....start in safe mode, network boot, boot in
DOS, keep last settings, or start windows normally." I've chosen each
one of those modes but it just won't bootup...it just restarts with the
same messages. The one thing I notice is when I chose safe mode and dos
mode I saw a bunch of drivers scroll down the screen. Have I completely
messed things up or can I save my important research that is trapped on
the hard drive. Any suggestions are desperately needed. I appreciate
your time. Thanks...PEACE.

1) The laptop may still be salvageable. An reputable repair shop will tell
you if it's worthwhile or not.

2) I have never done it but it is possible to pull a laptop drive. Then
using special converters attach it another system and then transfer the
files to other media. The same repair shop for #1 may be able to deal with
#2 as well.