Help! I've killed my desktop! :-(

[Clippy]

At least I know what I did but not why what I did borked it.

Cojak - it's quite possible you didn't do anything out of the ordinary.

My memory is a bit vague as it has been so long since XP was released, but I installed it on day one.

Not long after, one day when I booted my PC, I got an error saying something like OS missing.

Turns out it was an issue with XP, which I didn't know at the time, so I re-formatted my drive and re-installed XP.

Anyway, I got this error a couple of times again by which time I was aware it was an XP issue and so was able to follows MS's advice to resolve.

If your disk is OK, I would format and re-install everything and would also use the opportunity to upgrade to Windows 7 (I can do you a good price on a genuine copy ).

[cojak]

Thanks Clippy. If I manage to format it the drive I'll PM you.