Did you have a power interruption, aborted restart or improper
shutdown prior to the issue?
The message is misleading and usually an indiation of an issue with
the c:\boot.ini file. It is somehow broken and needs to be repaired
or replaced. This is generally a simple procedure.
You will not get far without booting the XP Recovery Console. This
will require a genuine bootable Windows installation CD (not the same
as a system CD or recovery CD that may have come with a store bought
system) or a bootable Recovery Console CD that you can create on a
working system and then use it to fix the afflicted system (no XP
media required).
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