Thank you for your response.
I always run a disk scan before attempting any repairs. And before I as for
help.
This is a family member's computer.
Some forum messages indicate this could result from a hardware/memory
problem.
So, last month when it was doing this I ran memtest overnight. and spinrite
and,..... sandra and,....
(Just ordered some new ram, Just in case.)
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But, this time I am tired of this.
And could not get rid of iGoogle. And some other problems.
So, I formated the drive and installed XP anew.
After 3 boots the recovery error headed its ugly rear.
The event log entry, help and support, indicate a driver could not be
loaded. Very helpful indeed.
Where else can I look for clues.
Dell Dimension
XP home
I had SP3 installed, but yet this time.
J