OK, my initial problem is in another thread, but now I am preparing to just completely reformat/reinstall.

My PC, not this one, the one at home I can no longer boot up is running XP SP 2.

I am...

thanks, I am decent with computers, so I can follow any technical advice you might give.

I was having it boot from the CD rom, and still didn't work, maybe I am missing it.

Here's where I am...

I've tried to follow the directions on MS site, computer does not seem to want to boot from XP cd so I can not run bootcfg, I tried a manual method of installing bootcf, but it bombs cause its...

Here is what happened to me in sequence, any help would be appreciated

(Dell Deminsion 8100, XP - SP2, 1.5ghz p4, 384 mgs ram, Nvidia 5900 video card.)

1) was removing old video and sound...