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Originally Posted by cool1
try reinstalling xp first if thats the os you are running.
try to do a repair install so you don't lose your data.
If it is just the os it will tell you if it can do a repair install or not.
I just went through somehting very similar.
Ended up having a couple of corrupt xp files
I could not do a repair install and ended up having to do a complete reinstall, losing any data I had not backed up.
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I gather that when he turns on the computer, nothing happens at all. I.e. black monitor screen as you would normally see when the computer is turned off, so he is unable to reinstall XP. If it were an OS/software problem (which it doesn't sound like), just unplug the HD to see if you can actually get the computer to display any bios information, etc.