Aardvark2012
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I'm using XP with SP2, and things have gone very strange. I have no idea what's causing this, and neither does anyone else I've asked about it. *Any* suggestions would be highly appreciated. The problems are:
- When I boot up (normally and in safe mode) there is no taskbar.
- I can't copy/paste anything (normally and in safe mode).
- When I boot up normally it tells me that it couldn't start my anti-virus software (McAfee) saying that I may be low on memory.
- I can't start most applications (I click, but nothing happens), even when I've turned off all the non-vital processes.
- I've tried booting from a floppy (boot.ini, ntdetect.com and ntldr -- which I believe are the right files), but I just get the "non-system disk" error.
- I have no viruses or spyware (according to Ad-aware, Trend online scan and SpyBot).
Can anyone tell me what's going on? Would reinstalling Windows help? Formatting the hard drive? Am I the proud owner of a doorstop? Please help!
- When I boot up (normally and in safe mode) there is no taskbar.
- I can't copy/paste anything (normally and in safe mode).
- When I boot up normally it tells me that it couldn't start my anti-virus software (McAfee) saying that I may be low on memory.
- I can't start most applications (I click, but nothing happens), even when I've turned off all the non-vital processes.
- I've tried booting from a floppy (boot.ini, ntdetect.com and ntldr -- which I believe are the right files), but I just get the "non-system disk" error.
- I have no viruses or spyware (according to Ad-aware, Trend online scan and SpyBot).
Can anyone tell me what's going on? Would reinstalling Windows help? Formatting the hard drive? Am I the proud owner of a doorstop? Please help!