Windows corrupted

[Guest]

My laptop with xp home on it will not start. Comes up with message saying it
is corrupted or missing files and it wont open to protect itself. Any ideas?

 

[Malke]

My laptop with xp home on it will not start. Comes up with message
saying it is corrupted or missing files and it wont open to protect
itself. Any ideas?

Since you haven't give us the exact error message, you can't get focused
troubleshooting advice. Post back with more information, including the
text of the error message and your Service Pack level. Here is a link
showing what kind of details you need to include in your newsgroup
post:

http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm

Malke