Have no idea aol was functional and all else vanished
1. boot your PC or laptop from the Windows XP CD (To do this, insert the
Windows XP CD into your CD drive or DVD drive, and then restart your
computer).
2. You will see "Press any key to boot from CD" displayed
on the screen, at this point press any key to start the computer from
the Windows XP CD.
3. You will see the Welcome to Setup screen, press ENTER to start Windows XP Setup.
4. Read and agree to the Microsoft Software License Terms, and then press F8.
5. Follow the instructions to select and format the c: partition where you want to reinstall Windows XP.
6. Follow the remander of the instructions on the screen to complete Windows XP Setup
7. Reinstall any drivers which are required.
8. Reinstall any software programs which you need.
9. copy your data back to the drive.
SOURCE: xp home corrupted files
installation need a bootdisc you can borrow it from anyone else and give your product serial no.and activate it
SOURCE: Multiboot computer, Second OS unavailable after reinstall of XP
The problem can be solved easily if the second operating system was a windows based operating system.If it was a windows operating ,the following steps will give you a solution
In order to regain the boot path for old operating system
follow the following steps
1.Insert the Microsoft windows xp installation cd into a cd drive and boot the computer from the cd
2.In the microsoft setup page select the option of R ie recovery console
3.Select the operating system in the recovery console by selecting the operating system NO eg 1 and type the administrator password
4.Type the following command in command prompt
bootcfg /rebuild it will search for existing operating system in the hard disk and prompt you to add select yes .
5.once you completed type exit
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