Can you cancel a pc system recovery?

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I started a system restore and thought I was restoring my pc to an early date. This deletes all of my files I think. I didn't want to do this. My question, what would happen if I canceled it by cold booting my pc? Would it destroy it? Explode?

[DS1]

1. Don't touch it

at best, see if a save-point from later than where it's restoring from is available when the process is complete and restore to it.

It's really bad mojo to stop something like that

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2. I used the wrong word, it is a system recovery that I started not

a system restore...

[DS1]

3. what, like from the disc that came with the computer?

it's probably already too late

kill it, and pray

[usregimechange]

4. Yep

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5. It didn't explode but won't let me do anything but recover again

oh well.