Desperately seeking support

[A TIN OF COMPO]

He res my problem: for some reason the other day my son decides he cant be bothered to wait for his game Planetside to close down before rushing out to play with his mates. So he uses the trusted method of just switching off the computer. In doing so the system has a bit of a mind fart and now doesn't work properly.

Here are the symptoms:

1. Explorer will not run therefore no task bar.
2. No system restore because explorer isn't working.
3. Starting computer in safe mode makes no difference.
4. I have now reloaded XP into a different directory, which is working correctly.
5. I can still see my files and folders and they are not all corrupted, but accessing them is proving difficult e.g. word files will not open because Word wont run.

Has any one any idea as to how i can do the following:

1. Get rid of the original Windows XP
2. Rest my programs to how they were

Hopefully someone may have ideas

Cheers

[A TIN OF DEATH]

is there any files you require to be backed-up?
If not why not do a clean install. PDT_Armat:

[A TIN OF DEATH]

Or stick your windows xp in reboot, boot up from cd and use XP RestoreRepair option. might work out ok. Just a second thought. PDT_Armat:

[A TIN OF COMPO]

Is the XP restorerepair an option at the initial installation

[A TIN OF DEATH]

As you go through the stages it will give you the option if you already have XP installed and should give you the option of which installation to fix PDT_Armat:

[A TIN OF COMPO]

Ok i shall give that a go and see

[A TIN OF ELV]

!!! notice we aint seen him since PDT_Armat:

nice work Death whos next on the advice lsit PDT_Armat:

[A TIN OF OX]

lmao@elv
uw uw me me me me help me next pls PDT_Armat:

[A TIN OF COMPO]

I seem to have resurrected my computer thanks for the advice. PDT_Armat:

[A TIN OF FEAR]

it seems u have, welcome back