I got my hands on an XP SP1 file, i installed it,
everything went nice and dandy and then when I booted it
gave me two errors following the boot screen

1:
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|_winlogon.exe - Entry Point not found_____________X_|

The procedure entry point AssocIsDangerous could not
be located in the dynamic link library SHLWAPI.dll.

OK

followed by a message saying:

The logon user interface DLL msgina.dll failed to load.

Contact your system administrator to replace the DLL, or
restore the original DLL.
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|Restart|
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I've tried all i can, the revert to last working setting,
booting in safe mode, EVERYTHING. at this point all i
care to do is back-up my files and re-install windows.
The problem is backing up my files. does anybody have an
idea as to how i can access my C drive then copy it using
either USB or Firewire to my external drive?

all feedback is HIGHLY appreciated.
Thank You