okay here is the issue, one of my friends brings to me an older HP pavillion running windows me saying it wont boot, except into safe mode, but in safe mode when they tried to use the system restore utility, but windows still wont boot, thus arises a new dilemma, he wants to save the Files in his my documents but the optical drives dont read in safe mode, does anyone know of a way to enable optical drives in safe mode so i can burn the data to a disc and just reformat re-install? i tried to use a usb thumb drive, but it needs drivers to work with ME, and it wont let me install the drivers in safe mode X.X. so is this data DOA or is there some way i can get it off there, i think the reason it wont boot normal windows is due to a driver issue but i cant tell which one, ive run norton and MS anti-Spyware and they havent picked up anything virus or spyware related. any help would be appreciated