xp does not boot after virus cleanup and repair

[ss]

My xp pro Dell 4550 with a 60 GB IDE hard disk got infected by a virus and
would not boot - always got a blue screen during boot.
So took out thr hard disk and hooked it up to a laptop using an ide to usb
adapter and ran Mcafee virus checker which quarantined quite a few files. I
then put thedisk inthre original Dell and tried to repair the installation
using a Win XP installation CD.
The machine does not boot at all. After POST I get a black screen that
remains so for hours. I did a chkdsk /r but that made nodifference.
I tried hooking the disk to the laptop again but now it shows up as an
uninitialized disk in disk management and I cannot see the contents at all.

What are my choices otherr than to reinstall XP. What can I do to save my
data? If I use fixmbr in the recovery console will I lose my file system on
the disk?

Thanks

 

[ss]

Update:
I can now see the contents of the disk through my laptop - the power to
disk through the ide to usb adapter was turned off! Turning the switch on
But when I put the disk in the desktop machine it did not boot. I have
already tried repairing from the installation CD. Files were copied from the
CD to the hard disk but I just get a black screen after POST.

What can I do short of a full reinstall?

Thanks

 

[db]

fixmbr wouldn't hurt but
I don't think it would help
either.

you can leave to old
drive as is

is to buy a new hd to install
on the machine and a new
os as well

then once the machine
is functional again,

you can install the old
drive as a slave and
work on it.

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