Have you enough space left on the drive?

How about you give us some more info like have you installed from scratch, ie formatted the entire drive or if have you partitioned the drive?

It may be...

If you have a live cd try running a memtest, usually shown as you boot from CD.

Can you access your hdd from the live cd?

can you find out what is being display for your system spec from the...

Do you hear any sound from the hdd when you turn the PC on?

Have you got the CD drive and faulty hdd on the same cable?

I doubt you be able to get the data back without paying a lot.

Did you/have you any security software installed?

If you have one scan your PC for viruses.

It is possible to find the drivers you need after reinstalling windows. It maybe a little difficult,...

What should happen is once you connect your external harddrive it should be detected and viewable via my computer. It should display files stored on the drive. These could be copied.

If you can't...

I would suggest running a virus scan. Yes the download window should close by pressing the cross but if Ctrl+J worked fine then it could be a specific problem.

- Let us know if the virus scanner...

Is this a consistant problem? Ctrl+J should open and close the download box, give it a go. Does you computer run slow? Sometimes my browser will freeze IE or Firefox.

Perhaps you could try a linux live CD. The ones I have automatically boot, if everything works then maybe it is more of a software/OS issue.

Do you have any other USB devices connected? perhaps...

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is this a USB or PS/2 keyboard?

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Do you have a friend that has a Windows installation CD? You should be able to use that to repair your install if it is the same edition.

Or, perhaps you have a restore partiton. Are you...

Hello, Did you install any new software or updates shortly before the blue screen?

You say you have no viruses. Was there any? or did you not find any?

As for you thoughs on RAM can you do a...

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Is everything in IE displayed larger or is it specifically text ?

Have you tried pressing CTRL & + or CTRL and scroll using the mouse wheel?

- Let us know how it goes.

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One of the first things you should do is find out what motherboard you are using. Post your system specs if you know them.

Once you know what motherboard you are using you need to find...

What graphics card do you have. What is the spec of the other laptop?

Are you able to scan and save images? (save to disk not use for a program)

Can you select which device to boot from? On my computer if I press F8 it will ask me what I want to boot from. When the copmuter is switched on look for the boot device key, press it and select...

I had a similar problem when my cousin forgot her password and she was the only user. I ended up using Ophcrack (http://ophcrack.sourceforge.net/) and that solved the password problem.

If you...

Are you saying you have 2 hard disk drives? If your after formatting your PC use the XP installation CD to format and reinstall windows.
Did you get an identical motherboard to the previous one or...

Try using this (http://www.cpuid.com/pcwizard.php) to detect the name of your graphics card. You'll probably be able to download the drivers via NVIDIA...

Are you able to open other items(none office) that reside in my documents? Perhaps it would be worthwhile trying OpenOffice (http://www.openoffice.org/) or if you have a google email account try...

When you try opening the file does it ask you what program to open it with or does it do nothing?

Have you run a virus scanner? do you have a firewall installed?

Is this at random times or is it when you do something specific?

Is this a laptop?

You should try the repair windows XP option first. Press the R key when Boot CD has loaded.

- Let us know how it goes

Did you locate the file or is it still missing? Have you tried the recycle bin?

Sorry no, apart from using another USB keyboard.

Not a problem it doesn't fix your left CTRL key but you can use your right one for now or until you manage to fix it.

does the right ctrl not work?

is the key sticking or anything?

Has the Key dropped off?

If you have a copy of both Pro and home can't you insert the CD and click on repair at boot up. If it is the wrong CD it should say shouldn't it?

I would suspect it to be home if it is a home user.

how many slots are there? ...two, four? If there are four try a different combination.

Where did you get this RAM from?

Have you tried entering BIOS? Checking how much RAM is there and save changes & exit.

Well give safe mode a try. If the message come up just do what you did on normal start-up.

When this pop-up comes up can you close the box using the cross?

Are you able to click on the start...

maybe something is wrong with the hard drive.

Goto my computer right click on the hard drive icon, click on tools and click on error checking.

Does this message pop up on any other user accounts or in safe mode?

Have you an anti-virus, anti-spyware and anti-malware?

What does this message say?
Does this message come up before or after you login?

Is therte not a list of all the drivers required on the dell website?

Do you know what graphics card you have?

If you have the XP installation CD you should be able to repair it by booting off the CD and select repair. That should solve your boot problem

- let us know how it goes

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Did you install the drivers for the printer or just connect it?

Okay Try this,

Click on Start -> Run or windows key+R, Then type msconfig and click on the BOOT.INI tab. Then try clicking on the check boot paths and the other install may show up.


Or you...

I agree It probably isn't work attempting to play. There is nothing stopping you from trying but it probably won't be playable. I don't think upgrading would help either, the cost of dated components...

Did you install XP on another drive?

has this happend after the disk image was taken?

Does the invalid boot.ini show each time you start the computer?