Don't forget the WinXP Recovery Console links from the article.
XP's Little-Known 'Rebuild' Command
April 17, 2006
http://www.informationweek.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=185301251
The OS Inside The OS
April 30, 2006
http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=187000225
Thanks. I get the time I will see if any of this is applicable. I had my hard drive partitioned when this happened. I lost everything in the "C" drive but was able to retrieve a most on the partitioned "D" section. Unfortunately a lot of the "D" drive progs had parts located in the "C" drive. Still struggling to rebuild, but most is lost.
The good side is that everything loads a lot faster...lol.