| try rebooting in safe mode
 if that doesn't work find a XP cd from a friend and do the recovery thing
 
 if that doesn't work either you can install XP IN A DIFFERENT FOLDER in order to keep all your files etc - I had to that 2 or 3 times but then some programs will NOT work
 
 or you can mount the hard drive on another PC if this one's dead and copy whatever you need
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