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If you care about what is on the hard drive, hook it up to another working computer and try copying whatever it is that you might need off of it. Trying any sort of "repair" option is rarely a good idea, as if it's hosed enough to need repairing, it's bad enough to need a complete reinstall.


The proper XP repair install is excellent at sorting most corruption issues as long as there isn't an underlying hardware problem. You can also do a repair install with Windows 2000/Me/98/95, you just run the install over the top of the old folder and it repairs/replaces as required, I've done quite a few over the years.

Gareth