Repairing a compaq disk

[lizlynimo]

Hi,
I have been having problems with my compaq coputer.
It crashed and it had windows XP. It keeps giving a message that some file is corrupt i think it is one of the system files and it can not boot
would like to restore the files in the disk without havint to formart the disk

 

[Daveskater]

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With regards to your problem, you will want to run a Windows Repair Install. See here: How to repair Windows XP/2000 if you are unable to boot into Windows