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Originally posted by Redjake
Try to boot up in Safe Mode. See if that works. Then we can go from there.
Whether you end up fixing this problem without losing your data or not, I would definitely partition the hard drive into two different drives, so if Windows goes FUBAR you can just format the drive and have your other stuff saved on the other drive.
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I have tried booting up in safe mode. the same thing happens.
and I do have the HD partitioned.
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Originally posted by hrdwareguy
You can reinstall Windows from the CD without formatting. As long as the registry is not corrupt, you won't have to reinstall everything. And if the registry is corrupt, at least you will still have your data.
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Yes. I know. I've tried this. As I said, when I try to load the XP install cd, I get error message//code 7 and it tells me that a required file is not found. this is when I'm trying to boot off the cd.