ok. I will try this, thanks if you get a reply before next week, its because it is fixed or my sister will let me use her laptop lol and what do you meen by "I shouldn't be reading cross threads"?

meaning I got confused by reading your HijackThis thread

be real sweet to you sister

aaahhhhh ok, sorry for the confusion

be real sweet to you sister

it doesnt always work im afraid lol

i have installed the Windows XP 6 Disk Setup Set onto the floppys and i will try both methods when i go home, hopefully it will work thanks

btw, will a repair install lose any data? i am unsure about the warnings it says to back up data before you do a repair install but i can't get onto my computer to back up any data!!!!

Hi,madmikejt12

Well it looks like you are in great hands here best of luck
not sure but the only thing i had to do after doing what
you are about to do was redownload the Windows updates

& do my IE settings over again but like i said
you are in great hands here.

@jephree

as always

HGD

ok HJThis, thanks for the info im going home tomorrow now so i will try it then, ill let you know if it works

Jephree, i think the IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL error is similar to the problem you had http://www.d-a-l.com/help/showthread.php?t=19062

I have run many Repair Installs & never had any data loss.

Backup is directly related to value of data however. If you have irreplacable data; then back it up.

If it is that important then put your hard drive on another computer as slave just to extract the data.

My IRQL errors are occassional & I have traced them to my IDE Controller drivers. The other poster there mentioned RAM. I know you ran the Windows RAM test... you might want to run this one:

http://www.memtest86.com/

It is much more comprehensive. Again it will boot off a floppy. You will want to let it run for a couple hours at least. Overnight is a good idea. It will definitly test your RAM.

ok, thanks i dont have any important data on it luckily and i will try RAM test later on