No.....for whatever reason, the F11 recovery option worked when it hadn't worked previously. It SEEMS to be good, working off a recovery point from several days earlier.
Now to make a new set of recovery discs and back up the various folders onto disc.
I thought I was doing good by backing up the system weekly. This was the first time I foresaw the situation where I might not even get to the point of being able to use that back up system.
Maybe I should look into a new system to replace this while I can still get Win7Pro. It doesn't seem like Win8 is all that popular.
I don't believe this was a hardware issue, but it's still a 5-year-old system running Vista.
Seriously, thank you guys for holding my hand though this scary experience!
