xp professional total failure

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Good morning,

By error i clicked on the backup system on my computer and it started
restoring files which I no longer wanted and showing them on the desktop. I
started to delete them from the desktop when suddenly the computer froze. Th
e only option I had was to turn off from power switch. I switched on and
win.pro came up on the screen but when it reached the point were welcome
appears the screen went black and a message no signal appeared. None of my
accessories would work.S0 switched off again this time as before no signal
appeared followed by a black screen with options on it the usual safe mode
normal mode etc. however the pointers on my keyboard would not function (usb)
so i hadto accept normal start up, however again the windows xp logo
appeared and appeared to load but then message came up no signal. I then
decided to plug in my serial spare keyboard which did all ow me to move keys
up and down so I opted for safe mode but once more just got the same results
I tried every every configuration posiible and tried f8 setups but to no
avail. At this point in time my desktop comp is sitting there and I am
writing this on laptop. Any suggestions. Thanks.

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Hi

Try a 'Repair' install of XP. The following article by Michael Stevens will
help you:

"How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install"
http://michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

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"snadger" <snadger@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F733C760-CE33-45B1-9D93-2B720B51461F@microsoft.com...
> Good morning,
>
> By error i clicked on the backup system on my computer and it started
> restoring files which I no longer wanted and showing them on the desktop.
> I
> started to delete them from the desktop when suddenly the computer froze.
> Th
> e only option I had was to turn off from power switch. I switched on and
> win.pro came up on the screen but when it reached the point were welcome
> appears the screen went black and a message no signal appeared. None of my
> accessories would work.S0 switched off again this time as before no signal
> appeared followed by a black screen with options on it the usual safe mode
> normal mode etc. however the pointers on my keyboard would not function
> (usb)
> so i hadto accept normal start up, however again the windows xp logo
> appeared and appeared to load but then message came up no signal. I then
> decided to plug in my serial spare keyboard which did all ow me to move
> keys
> up and down so I opted for safe mode but once more just got the same
> results
> I tried every every configuration posiible and tried f8 setups but to no
> avail. At this point in time my desktop comp is sitting there and I am
> writing this on laptop. Any suggestions. Thanks.

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Hi

Either another trip to the repair shop you can purchase a retail version XP
CD. See if the following helps regarding the purchase of an XP CD:

http://www.microsoft.com/uk/window [...] fault.mspx

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Will Denny
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
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"snadger" <snadger@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Thanks Will, (Will Denny)
>
> For quick reply i have gone to website you suggested and will print it off
> for future use. Unfortunately My windows xpp is an upgrade from windows
> Millenium done by a comp repairman who has since gone out of business. The
> millenium was preinstalled by tiny computers 3 years ago but their restore
> disks never worked. They then went out of business. It looks like
> another
> trip to the repair shop is required.
>
> Regds
>
> Snadger

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"snadger" <snadger@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:204E7ED3-94CB-47DC-AD11-91767EE5391C@microsoft.com...
> Thanks Will, (Will Denny)
>
> For quick reply i have gone to website you suggested and will print it off
> for future use. Unfortunately My windows xpp is an upgrade from windows
> Millenium done by a comp repairman who has since gone out of business. The
> millenium was preinstalled by tiny computers 3 years ago but their restore
> disks never worked. They then went out of business. It looks like
> another
> trip to the repair shop is required.
>
> Regds
>
> Snadger

Are you saying you didn't get the XP disk? If you got it, it will do the
repair install just fine. If you need to do a clean install, you'd need a
qualifying version of previous software, however.

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> >
> Thanks T. Waters will try and borrow ME when I return from Spain Thanks to everyone for their comments signing off now until 30 May.
> >
> > Snadger
>
>
>