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BOR, I'd first try to better understand what she means by "won't turn on." Is Windows corrupted and won't boot or is the thing not even powering up? Does she have a restore CD or even a floppy she can try to boot from?
If it truly isn't powering up then she's probably out of luck for a few days. Quickest way to get her files would be to pull the hard drive and put it in another computer or an external USB/FireWire case.
Bad computer! Baaaad!
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There are a vast number of people who are uninformed and heavily propagandized, but fundamentally decent. The propaganda that inundates them is effective when unchallenged, but much of it goes only skin deep. If they can be brought to raise questions and apply their decent instincts and basic intelligence, many people quickly escape the confines of the doctrinal system and are willing to do something to help others who are really suffering and oppressed." -Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media, p. 195
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