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HarryM1BYT · 2nd December 2011, 21:57

A time consuming process, but try an XP repair install......

Set your PC to boot from the CD drive (in the BIOS settings) and to boot from the CD as the first boot device, then put your WinXP CD in the CD drive. Reboot and it should then boot from the CD and offer a menu.

Ignore the Repair option, but choose the Install XP. It will now search your hard drive for Windows installations and list them. If you only have one installation there will only be one listed. Now choose the installation which you are complaining about and let it install into that.

It should rewrite all of the files Windows needs to operate normally, but not upset any software you already have installed - they should all work as before. All your drivers will be lost for things like printers, USB devices etc.. so they will need to be reinstalled. You will also be using a version of XP with none of the XP updates and Service Packs, so they will need to be downloaded and installed again.

That should get you back and working, with no data lost, no personal files and all of your installed software working exactly as it was working before, but the penality of a lengthy process of downloading XP's updates again and several reboots in between.

Once you get it working again, run a good anti-virus over the entire hard disk space.

I can recommend the free Chinese - Rising anti-virus.

2nd December 2011, 21:57	#29
HarryM1BYT This is my second home 75 Contemporary SE Mk II 2004 Man. Sal. CDTi 135ps, FBH on red diesel, WinCE6 DD Join Date: May 2010 Location: Leeds Posts: 17,273 Thanks: 2,160 Thanked 2,061 Times in 1,586 Posts	A time consuming process, but try an XP repair install...... Set your PC to boot from the CD drive (in the BIOS settings) and to boot from the CD as the first boot device, then put your WinXP CD in the CD drive. Reboot and it should then boot from the CD and offer a menu. Ignore the Repair option, but choose the Install XP. It will now search your hard drive for Windows installations and list them. If you only have one installation there will only be one listed. Now choose the installation which you are complaining about and let it install into that. It should rewrite all of the files Windows needs to operate normally, but not upset any software you already have installed - they should all work as before. All your drivers will be lost for things like printers, USB devices etc.. so they will need to be reinstalled. You will also be using a version of XP with none of the XP updates and Service Packs, so they will need to be downloaded and installed again. That should get you back and working, with no data lost, no personal files and all of your installed software working exactly as it was working before, but the penality of a lengthy process of downloading XP's updates again and several reboots in between. Once you get it working again, run a good anti-virus over the entire hard disk space. I can recommend the free Chinese - Rising anti-virus. __________________ Harry How To's and items I offer for free, or just to cover the cost of my expenses... http://www.the75andztclub.co.uk/foru...40#post1764540 Fix a poor handbrake; DIY ABS diagnostic unit; Loan of the spanner needed to change the CDT belts; free OBD diagnostics +MAF; Correct Bosch MAF cheap; DVB-T install in an ex-hi-line system; DD install with a HK amp; FBH servicing. I've taken a vow of poverty. To annoy me, send money.