Okay I am back. I attempted to do the manual registry repair and when I
entered md tmp at teh c:\ prompt, I got the message "the path or file
specified is not valid". When I looked at the map of the pc in the repair
area I saw question marks for the c drive in stead of letters.
Thanks,
John

"Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:

>
> "traumajohn" <traumajohn@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:07629111-EF78-4CE9-8578-2BB983F0596B@microsoft.com...
> >I have xp home on a Dell laptop. I downloaded an mp3 update and the laptop
> > went to the famous Microsoft blue screen. I tried to reboot and got the
> > same.
> > I tried to go to safe mode almost logged all the way in and got the blue
> > screen. I tried to go to safemode command prompt and got the same and
> > tried
> > last known good config and got the same. I tried to use the Windows cd and
> > boot into the repair utility and got there but when I got there it said
> > drive
> > not valid. I went to the map utility and it shows...
> > ? fat16 32mb partition 1
> > ? 28576 partition 2
> > D cdrom.
> > What does this mean? Do I have to repait the registry? If so how and if
> > not
> > please help.
> > Thanks,
> > John
>
> If the MP3 update is responsible then it's time to perform a manual
> System Restore: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307545. However,
> if your file system is damaged then you will have to reload Windows
> or perhaps even replace the hard disk.
>
>
>