[quote=gzz]If it is more than 4 years old, buy a new one. If there’s anything you need on the hard drive, just take it out and either put it in the new PC, or put it in an external enclosure.

You can also salvage your data with this cord if you have a normal sata drive which I’d guess you do with 90% confidence:

Thanks, gzz. I will definitely be getting a new computer. This one is three or four years old.

I know next to nothing about computers, so I wouldn’t know how to transfer the stuff I need from my old computer using that cable without booting up my old computer. Is that even possible?

I also wouldn’t know how to connect my old, unbootable hard drive to a new one.

I’m getting the “your PC did not start correctly” error, and I have tried all of the available options that that message gives you (and that I understand and have the equipment to perform) to no avail.

Thanks for any info or recommendations you may have.