unable to delete system folder

S

shawnabby

I had a crash with windows xp professional. I started to reboot
(repair) using the windows xp pro cd and somehow I ended up creating a
new folder. At the time I thought that I was being smart by making the
name of the folder 'windowsa' so that at a later time I could delete
the folder 'windowsa' and still have the original folder 'windows' and
data to fix. Now I can not delete the folder windowsa and I can't get
into the original windows folder. Anyone have any ideas on how to fix
this colossal mess? All I want to do is delete the system folder
windowsa. If I can do this I believe that I will be able to repair the
original system folder. Thank you for any help that you might be able
to give me.
 
N

NewScience

Use the CD again (repair) and use the folder 'windows'. No matter what you
do, you are going to lose files under C:\Windows. The repair option does
not change applications or personal files.
 

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