Computer frozen at boot/BIOS screen? Not sure which is which...?

Question

The computer is about 6 years old, and all we did to it was add a little more RAM. We didn't mess with it any other way. It is the family computer so it has tons of pictures and videos and personal info, and now it doesnt even respond to anything. I used it last night just to type up a paper for school, and turned it off normally, and when I got home today it booted fine and came to this screen that said something like
"Windows has found that the file may be missing or corrupt - WINDOWS/SYSTEM32/CONFIG/SYSTEM"
I know it starts with WINDOWS and SYSTEM32, and I believe it ends with CONFIG and SYSTEM.
So, I pressed F8 as it started up, and it gave me a list of things to do. (SAFE MODE, Run with last good settings, which I tried both, to no luck.) I think I pressed enter system settings (?), and it took me to a page where I had to put in the computer password. There then were an array of settings, and I saw an option saying "Fail-Safe.' I pressed it, and pressed yes, hoping it would at least let me enter the computer... It rebooted the system, and now I am stuck at a black screen with white writing.
At the top it says things like
"Pheonix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG, An energy star ally. Copyright 1984-2003, etc."
Under it, it says,
"Main Processor : Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz (200x15.0)
At the bottom it says
"Press DEL to enter setup"
It does not respond when I press DEL. Nor does it respond when I tap F8 (or DEL) as it starts up.

I am not sure if Failsafe is what caused this, or a virus, or the computer was just too full. The computer was very full as it had many pictures, songs, videos, documents, and online games.
The kids delete games after they are done, I made sure of it. The only one they had installed at the time was World of Warcraft, which has given no problems before. I do have McAfee virus protection, and IF any of the downloads have a virus, we delete it. They arent incompetent and download multiple unreliable programs, they are pretty tech-savvy.
Anyways, just clearing up that the games are most likely not what the problem is.

This computer has many things on it that cannot be replaced; Please help.

Thanks, sorry for such a long post.

TL;DR Comp stuck at screen that says
"Pheonix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG, An energy star ally. Copyright 1984-2003, etc."
Under it, it says,
"Main Processor : Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz (200x15.0)
At the bottom it says
"Press DEL to enter setup"

Answer 1

That computer has lived it's life.

Keep the hard disk so you wont lose any personal stuff and pictures, but don't really bother the computer anymore.

You'll get a new one for 50 bucks which is 10 times better.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

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