Originally Posted by damsel in distress

A small bit of success this end, the fujitsu website has got the drivers etc for my model of machine. But what am i looking for here?
http://support.fujitsu-siemens.com/c...downloads.html

Do you guys get paid to do this? it must be alot of trubble for you to go through to help all us poor sods fix our computers?! heeheee i like him!

I was looking for the manual but they no longer list them for Cordants.

Were you able to find any Recovery CD's? At this point in time I see no reason to suspect hard drive failure.

If you have a floppy drive you can try to boot the 6 floppy XP boot disks:

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=310994

Make sure you download the specific version for your Operating System e.g. XP Home SP2 or what have you.

From these disks you should be able to access the XP Recovery Console:

http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;EN-US;314058

There are many options here. First I would try chkdsk /r

If that doesn't fix things try FIXBOOT

Im afraid i couldnt find a certificate of authenticity tho it does have a little windows sticker on the front. I need to get some blank discs before i can do this right? Im on it, thanks so far guys. I'll be back when ive got the discs....