FUBAR= FU**ED UP BEYOND ALL RECOGNITION

OH man as it turns out, erasing hdd does not magically give system ability to read discs it couldn't have before. now my issues lies w/ commands in dos. stumbled through '/?' to get help, but no avail. am i right in assuming that all those dos commands before windows starts are the same ones executed w/ a start up disc? im having trouble choosing the right variables, is anyone familiar w/ these? please point me in the right direction; i use OPTION 4 safe w/ prompts, then i get conf. w/ all y/n questionsi'm afraid Fed will have to place you in the proper place for this. Any further monkeying around will NOT fix this - not DOS, not magic,....nothing.


Take him away Fed!

I would cut your losses and go for a clean install.thank you all for your help. happy to say that im using my computer this time. i called the manufacturer for a boot disk, they said the one i had was defective, call the store. called the store that i bought it from, told them i need a boot disk, said i should call the manufacturer. bottom line, no help rendered. as it turns out, cleaning the drive via killdisk, and then clean installing windows did the trick. so far, problems are gone, but im WAITING for any virus/worm to rear its HEAD before im totally scot free. wanted to post an update and a THANKS to everyone who does this for free! thanks!Sorted!

You'll find XP bootdisks on the link below.Glad you are up and running. Now keep your spyware/adware/antivirus up to date and use it and you should be fine.