OT: What is the best way to restore crashed xp

[joe at actionline.com]

Thanks Lisa.  Appreciate your suggestions
and the information you provide VERY much!

Also got some good help from JD Austin.

The world is a much better place because of plug ;)
Where can I send a donation?

Joe


> On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 9:49 AM, <joe at actionline.com> wrote:
>> Much as I despise widows and everything M$ ...
>> ... I need to find a fast and efficient way to get his win-xp
>> box restored to a working state ...

Lisa replied:
> This sounds like a virus.  You might have tried to boot into
> Spybot Search and Destroy initially.
>
> But I understand there are two types of HP restore. I would refer
> to the HP site and follow their suggestions:
> http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?cc=ca&dlc=en&docname=bph07103&lc=en#N282
>
> There's a torrent available with an ISO, which you can burn to boot to
> restore to SP2, but it might also be less than secure:
> http://thepiratebay.se/torrent/4616501
>
> HP will send you a restore disk, if you didn't make one, also.