Re: Desktop with no icons or start menu

Best guess is some simple hard drive damage due to the moving around. I would run chkdsk.

Boot to setup CD, press 'r' for repair.
At that prompt, enter:
CHKDSK /R

It's likely this will fix it, but if not, you reboot to CD and this time press ENTER to start setup. It will find the installed system, and offer to 'Repair' it.

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Mark L. Ferguson
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"Lori" <Lori@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:4A41EFC1-0BF8-4DA4-8ABC-8BA805AAEAB3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
We moved my son last weekend and when we plugged in and set up his computer,
it boots at a snail's pace and only goes as far as the desktop page with no
icons, no ability to access the start menu, virtually unusable. When he
disassembled it, he admitted to just unplugging it rather than turning it off
properly.

How can I fix this, if possible? I can't even get into safe mode without it
freezing. I do have a recovery XP disc (Dell), so should I try that by
putting the boot sequence into the CD drive first? I feel so sorry for him
as he really needs his computer. It is an older Dell, but was working before
the move.

Thanks for any help anyone can offer.

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