[acris]

haloo
2 days back what happened is when i m shutting down my pc, the light suddenly went off...
It was on the way to shut down...
Then next day when i switeched on my pc it was not getting booted.......
it hangs when welcome screen of XP comes, I m using SP2...
And when i reloaded the sp on it, it says the profile can not be loaded becoz u dont have access of du to corrupt file...
Ans still it takes tooo much time to boot(near about 5 min)
Kindly help me.......
And if I want to format it how do i format it.............
Like if format my hardisk how will i load XP?
Because at tht time i dnt have a OS on my pc so the cd rom will run, I have cd for XP..
It requires partition or not beacuse I dnt knw anything about partition and i never formatted my pc before........

[gagster]

Don't know about what caused your problem, maybe this can help with the reformatting. When I install a new os, it asks which of the partitions I would like to install on. There is only one on my machine. At that time I can select the partition and delete it. Then when I say install, it says it will make a new partition, and reformats the entire drive.

[Justawind]

That is my general path with reformats. Delete the old partition and recreate a new one. So much easier in the long run

[crjdriver]

First of all, the forum has a spell check; please use it. Incorrect spelling makes your post difficult to read.

Next are you able to log in as admin or start the system in safe mode?