i was surfing the net last night. i then went to make a cup of coffee,. on returning i was faced with a blank desktop except for the wallpaper, no shortcuts,recycle bin, even the task bar gone!!. OK a reboot should fix it. think again. on rebooting i had the same blank desktop only this time with a box "WINDOWS DRIVE NOT READY EXCEPTION PROCESSING MESSAGE" "COOOOOOA3 PARAMETERS 75B6BF7C" it gave my three options, cancal,try again,ignore. clicking any one the box gos and I'm faced with a blank canvas again. the only way i can access anything on my pc is through the task manager. i was going to do a repair reinstall but i thought i would seek some advice first. i did a system restore but its still the same?? xp pro/sp 2 120gb hdd plextor dvd-r mats---a dvd-rom Abit NF7-S V2.0 Mobo, xp2500 mobile @ 200x11/1.575v, 2X512 crucial Pc3200, MSI X800 Pro-TD256 AGP 256M PA9C-42CU cooper hea

sorry i should have said that if i run explorer.exe through the task mansager the desktop flashs up for 2 secs then gos again. xp pro/sp 2 120gb hdd plextor dvd-r mats---a dvd-rom Abit NF7-S V2.0 Mobo, xp2500 mobile @ 200x11/1.575v, 2X512 crucial Pc3200, MSI X800 Pro-TD256 AGP 256M PA9C-42CU cooper hea

Taskbar and Icons missing: Try this: http://www.computing.net/windowsxp/... (Original Message, and Response Number 1 looks like a fix?) Also try this: http://www.computing.net/windowsxp/... and http://www.computing.net/windowsxp/... (That one is a special Posting someone made of how he fixed it.) Another fix is un-quarintene explorer in Spydoctor.

This error could be related to removable media or to spyware. I suggest you Google for 75B6BF7C, you will get many hits.