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As suggested I rebooted using the XP CD and re-installed XP leaving the original files there...so now when my system reboots it's like a newly installed OS. All of my installed programs are still there but no ICONs on my desktop and none of my system drivers such as sound, display or network adapters are active. as well I now have two Windows files one which says Windows and the other says Windows.0....How do I get my original boot up files to re-activate.
 
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RaDiKaL_
Dunno what suggestion you got before, what you should've done is to use the windows XP CD to REPAIR your original windows installation (in the first menu choose install instead of repair because that will take you to the console).

Once you get to the menu where you choose where to install, it should detect your 1st Windows installation and offer you the option to repair it, choose it and let it do it's stuff.

If your 1st windows isn't getting recognized, then you would have to use the console option at the beginning of the installation process, once the recovery console is up, type the following commands:

copy d:\i386\ntldr c:\

copy d:\i386\ntdetect.com c:\

Replace d: for the assigned letter to the cd/dvd drive where your windows...
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RaDiKaL_

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Dunno what suggestion you got before, what you should've done is to use the windows XP CD to REPAIR your original windows installation (in the first menu choose install instead of repair because that will take you to the console).

Once you get to the menu where you choose where to install, it should detect your 1st Windows installation and offer you the option to repair it, choose it and let it do it's stuff.

If your 1st windows isn't getting recognized, then you would have to use the console option at the beginning of the installation process, once the recovery console is up, type the following commands:

copy d:\i386\ntldr c:\

copy d:\i386\ntdetect.com c:\

Replace d: for the assigned letter to the cd/dvd drive where your windows installation CD currently is.
Make sure to say yes when prompted to overwrite those files, assuming only those files were damaged your OS should be able to boot again.
 
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Saga Lout

Saga Lout

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If you have a folder named Windows.old you should be able tonavigate through that to your original Desktop folder in Documents and Settings. Copy the contents of that into the new installation's folder and your icons are back. Drivers can be found in the normal manner.

If the new installation is starting properly, there's nothing wrong with NTDETECT or NTLDR so al you need to do to get rid of the alternative boot is to go from Start to Run and type msconfig into the Open box then press Enter. Click the BOOT.INI tab and click on "Check all boot paths" then you can delete the one you don't want.
 
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