Hi i have this serieus problem, My computer was getting to be a little slow so i decieded to defragment the disk. But after defragment it the disk is be a real mess :-s It needs 20 minutes to start windows, when windows is started it begins to install a program that i have istalled already (months ago), Sound doesnt work anymore, the harddisk-led is always on and the disk makes a noise just like it is searching something. Please somebody help me with this problem. I could not format the harddisk because i have 65GB of date dat i not may lose. Thanks in advance. ( BTW i am from belgium, excuses for my bad english )

run system restore, if that still works

http://sft-cyber.com/Re%20Win.htm Sometimes a program, bad driver or conflicts that destroy or corrupt files will necessitate a reinstallation. WinXP will replace damaged or corrupted files without disturbing your data or registry settings so that these will still be available to you. 1. Boot from the WinXP CD 2. Select set up WinXP(ENTER) 3. Windows will find an existing copy of itself and give you the option to repair the highlighted installation 4. WinXP will copy the necessary files to your HD and install ============================== http://rogier.xszone.nl/windows/wintricks.html http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/proddocs/winnt32.asp http://www.labmice.net/articles/winntcmd.htm • Reinstall XP and keep all your current installed applications and settings . Go to the location of your source files {could be a copy of the I386 folder on your hard disk or the Windows XP CD} .

CHKDSK Scandisk is called CHKDSK in XP http://www.activewin.com/winxp/tips/basic/3.shtml http://www.ultratech-llc.com/KB/ASP/FileView.asp?File=/KB/ScanDisk.TXT