Equium L20 won`t load Windows

Got problems with my Daughters` Equium L20-198 - it starts off in the screen with safe mode/start windows normally then if i press enter the windows XP starting screen comes up for a few seconds then flashes quickly onto a light blue screen with text that I can`t read because it then turns off - starts up again on its own and continually goes through the same things.
We`ve got a recovery disc but using that would erase all the files?

Hey,
> We`ve got a recovery disc but using that would erase all the files?
Yes, it will earese the whole HDD because its necessary to restore factory settings from recovery disk properly so if you have important files on HDD you should do a backup before using the disk.
In forum are a lot of threads how to backup data without starting Windows system. One example is buying an external HDD where you can put in the notebook HDD to back up the data on another computer.
After this you can start with recovery installation. Its very easy, just follow the screen instructions. :)

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