Your report suggests that the file system is damaged. If this was my
machine then I would remove the hard disk, put it into a 2.5" USB
disk case and connect it to some other WinXP PC in order to
examine it.
"traumajohn" <traumajohn@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> 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.
>>
>>
>>
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