HELP! LOCALHOST 3306 not accessible?!

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I updated windows, and the computer crashed halfway through (IRQ error).
I rebooted, system restored, and now my mySQL will not start, because localhost port 3306 is not accessable!? Anyone know of any ideas?


Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
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C:\Documents and Settings\Tim Hely>telnet localhost 3306
Connecting To localhost...Could not open connection to the host, on port 3306: C
onnect failed

C:\Documents and Settings\Tim Hely>