Boot from CD fails.

[puncstorta]

Windows xp home edition
History:
1. Swallowed a virus.
2. C drive disappeared: empty desktop and start menu. Only internet and outlook express appeared in start menu.
3. I tried to do a windows reinstall. (I did in the past several times with success.) System couldn't boot from cd but could read cd after logging on windows. So I did an install and created new xp on top of the old one.
4. I could not delete partition since the failure of booting from cd.
5. I installed a data recovery program and I could do a back up on dvd. Miracle really. (Took 14 hours...)
6. Computer works but only on the new xp and still can't boot from cd in order to get rid of partition.
7. I changed boot order in BIOS. Don't help. When I try to boot from cd, monitor has a soft flash for a second (from black to grey, like it tries to boot from cd) but then it launches windows.
When I log on I receive the following error message:
"Windows cannot find 'C:\WINDOWS\System32\Tools\DelFolders.exe'. Make sure you typed the name correctly, and then try again. To search for a file, click the Start button, and then click Search." This doesn't harm, I just close it.

Any suggestion how to make pc boot from cd to get rid of partition and do a complete windows reinstall? Thanks for any help.

 

[ksiemb]

Windows xp home edition
History:
1. Swallowed a virus.
2. C drive disappeared: empty desktop and start menu. Only internet and outlook express appeared in start menu.
3. I tried to do a windows reinstall. (I did in the past several times with success.) System couldn't boot from cd but could read cd after logging on windows. So I did an install and created new xp on top of the old one.
4. I could not delete partition since the failure of booting from cd.
5. I installed a data recovery program and I could do a back up on dvd. Miracle really. (Took 14 hours...)
6. Computer works but only on the new xp and still can't boot from cd in order to get rid of partition.
7. I changed boot order in BIOS. Don't help. When I try to boot from cd, monitor has a soft flash for a second (from black to grey, like it tries to boot from cd) but then it launches windows.
When I log on I receive the following error message:
"Windows cannot find 'C:\WINDOWS\System32\Tools\DelFolders.exe'. Make sure you typed the name correctly, and then try again. To search for a file, click the Start button, and then click Search." This doesn't harm, I just close it.

Any suggestion how to make pc boot from cd to get rid of partition and do a complete windows reinstall? Thanks for any help.

Tried changing boot seq and booting from CD in Safe Mode ?
Try installing to a new HD ?