Originally posted by tweetytunes if you use your windows cd and choose the repair option - all you have to type in is "fixboot" or "fixboot c:\" - that fixes 9/10 boot problems. Hope that helps I'd do that, but when I go to the repair, it says "Choose a windows installation to log in to" And I can't do anything else, except for either cancel (which restarts comp) or press 1, which is my only option (the OS thats installed (XP Home)). Thanks though! I searched for Boot Sector repair, and most of them said to run the repair console etc etc.. I had this problem before, I believe, and I solved it through the recovery console with these commands... Code: md tmp copy c:\windows\system32\config\system c:\windows\tmp\system.bak copy c:\windows\system32\config\software c:\windows\tmp\software.bak copy c:\windows\system32\config\sam c:\windows\tmp\sam.bak copy c:\windows\system32\config\security c:\windows\tmp\security.bak copy c:\windows\system32\config\default c:\windows\tmp\default.bak delete c:\windows\system32\config\system delete c:\windows\system32\config\software delete c:\windows\system32\config\sam delete c:\windows\system32\config\security delete c:\windows\system32\config\default copy c:\windows\repair\system c:\windows\system32\config\system copy c:\windows\repair\software c:\windows\system32\config\software copy c:\windows\repair\sam c:\windows\system32\config\sam copy c:\windows\repair\security c:\windows\system32\config\security copy c:\windows\repair\default c:\windows\system32\config\default I think that did it last time, but I don't know if it's the exact same problem. I'd do all this and fixboot etc etc if I could, but I can't get into any sort of command line interface or to recovery console w/o the BSOD.