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I was trying to install a VGA to TV lead and my system crashed and would not
start up again in XP. 'Corrupt or missing system file'. In desperation and
ignorance I did a FIXBOOT in recovery console (no revovery disc I'm afraid).
No luck - so I reinstalled XP over the original installation. Windows
installed but it is strangely limited (no networking, missing stuff in
general and Windows classic appearance only) and when I try to install stuff
it bleats on about WPC server being inaccessible.
What's my best option? Is recovery pssoible? Problem is I have a lot of
stuff on the disc and no easy way of backing it up. Would it be risky to
partition the disc and reinstall XP on to a fresh partition. I makes me
v.nervous.Thanks.
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self built
Radeon chipset m/b w. 512mb
Athlon 64 3000+
Leadtek PVR2000 analog tuner
WMCE 2005
I was trying to install a VGA to TV lead and my system crashed and would not
start up again in XP. 'Corrupt or missing system file'. In desperation and
ignorance I did a FIXBOOT in recovery console (no revovery disc I'm afraid).
No luck - so I reinstalled XP over the original installation. Windows
installed but it is strangely limited (no networking, missing stuff in
general and Windows classic appearance only) and when I try to install stuff
it bleats on about WPC server being inaccessible.
What's my best option? Is recovery pssoible? Problem is I have a lot of
stuff on the disc and no easy way of backing it up. Would it be risky to
partition the disc and reinstall XP on to a fresh partition. I makes me
v.nervous.Thanks.
--
self built
Radeon chipset m/b w. 512mb
Athlon 64 3000+
Leadtek PVR2000 analog tuner
WMCE 2005