Re: Unable to boot. Desperate plea for help.

1. Boot from the XP CD
2. Go through process of setup.
3. Ignore option of Recovery Console.
4. Setup will proceed
5. Should receive message that setup looking for a Windows installation
6. Finds Windows currently installed.
7. Select "offer" to repair the installation.
8. Setup proceeds.

Your choice - fingers crossed or hope!.
Note - if Windows installation, step 6, not found - bad situation!
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