Windows XP home repair

Reyman

My PC has XP home but the operating system won't start up. I'm not so experienced with this kind of thing but I can usually fix XP using the boot-up CD. This time I can't get to the usual "repair" or "install fresh copy" options.

Instead I get prompted to "set up on selected partitions "--
"create partition" or "delete partition". This for me is unknown territory and I don't want to try it, and lose everything !!

Anyone know what I'm doing wrong - I've several boot up CDs and the same result with all?

tk123

are you getting any error message when you try to boot normally?

Reyman

Yes ! The PC's saying there's a H/W or S/W problem and I'm getting the options of starting in 'safe mode' or 'normal' or 'last known configuration'.

None of these work though!

Tony H

a few good links to step by step repair xp guide
http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/repair_xp.htm
http://michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm#warning2

Reyman

Thanks Fitz - I'm going to take a look at those.

They should be better than the Microsoft site!