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[fechtbuch]

Well, I'm sort of back online, with advice from various people and websites. Still not right, though. Couldn't repair damage to XP Home installed on my PC, which didn't come with a disk version in case of problems. Had to install a cracked Windows XP Professional from a disk my mate AT gave me ages ago, and I'm now infested with malware. Also

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[wascally_weasel]

I'm in exactly the same boat, suffering crashes on a fairly regular basis.

I now have a copy of XP home I can install (and did) but none of my applications work with home as they all have XP professional drivers so I have to use the buggy old crap version.

When I get the time I'll back up everything I need and do a wipe and re-install. Either that or I'll have to pay for a copy of XP professional (becuase I don't have a licence. Mumble.

[fechtbuch]

My stuff is perhaps set up for XP Home drivers. Might be why I'm getting no joy with Professional.
I managed to replace the system32\config\system file from the backup version in \repair, but it's now missing (tries to remember exact name) system32\drivers.pci.sys. Don't know how many other files are AWOL. When I installed Professional, it did a disk check and found bad files - I suspect that might be where the damage was to XP Home.

[wascally_weasel]

As far as I can tell XP Home drivers and XP professional drivers are not compatible like you say, hence when I re-installed a copy of XP Home (which I do have a licence for) none of the programs worked.

Tbh, as long as I can back up my photos, documents and the data from my trainer I don't mind reinstalling. I'll lose some of the downloads I have paid to install as I can't see any way of backing them up (paid for a Zone Alarm licence and a System Mechanic). But that's the least on my worries.

[fechtbuch]

I've backed up my documents and iTunes store downloads to an external disk so far. All other iTunes tracks are copied from CDs, so I can recopy them (for the third time, after losing them on laptop) if necessary.

[wascally_weasel]

Of course, one thing to check is that your sytem isn't over heating. I might check that out myself, I'llopen up the case and if it's full of dust I might have found my problem.