restore not working

[Guest]

When I logged in yesterday, the desktop was blank. I kept getting error
messages - including wininet.dll not found, IDE device failed, Explorer.exe
unable to locate compnent. Thru task manager, was able to try restore -
didn't work. Went into safe mode and copied wininet.dll from c:\i386 to
windows folder. now desktop has old icons, but they flash on and off. and I
still can't open anything. Was told by a friend to go back into safe mode
and get to the c: prompt and enter %systemroot%\system32\restore\rstrui.exe
and follow the instructions to restore to a prior date. Can get to c: and
enter above, Restore screen flashes on, then disappears. Can anyone help me
get my system back?

 

[Guest]

Try youre friend again....However,i would boot to xp cd,recovery,press enter
for password,select 1 for disk C: Type:HELP For all cmds,but you might try:
Enable And/or Listsvc For more info on how to run recovery options,chk
#307654 and #314058 Both from microsoft.Also,if youre IDE controller has
actually failed youre looking at a new PCI IDE controller,or a new board,to
chk
the memory and controller,download memory tester to a MS-DOS formatted
floppy disk(it runs on cd also),go to:http://oca.microsoft.com/en/windiag.asp
Even though it's a "memory tester" it also chks the controllers.