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I get a BSOD as the windows loading screen appears (well about a second or two after).
WOuld using the original XP disc to perform a repair (well, a master boot record or 'fixboot' be a likely fix for this one? I don't want to 'perform that action' if there's a likelihood I'll make the drive inaccessible though!
Any advice would be good :)
post your BSOD stop error code...
FIXBOOT and FIXMBR should never make your OS unbootable....
But I doubt either will fix your problem =/
What exactly was the PC doing when the power failed?
Most likely cause is a hard disc crash.
You can try running chkdsk from the repair console.
thanks for the advice and information.
i can't have another go on this one for a few days (so no bsod code at hand) but i'm thinking the disk was in use at the time.
will post back and advise when i can get back to it.
cheers:mrgreen:
EDIT:
yep, got this sorted as suggested. thanks