If you are going the 're-install' route - be sure you try a repair first, will save your settings.
Boot from the XP CD. when it offers you the option of doing an Auto Repair, don't select this option. No one ever has the auto-repair diskette ready. Just continue on as if you are installing a 'fresh' copy of windows. agree to the EULA, etc etc - when it gets to the section where you choose your partition for installation, windows will find your existing install and offer the option to repair it - this is exactly what you want to do.
This will replace the system files, and won't trash your profile.
Depending on the age of your machine, you may or may not have an SP2 XP CD. that said, the very first thing you need to do when you get back in is to invest the next hour of you life going into Windows Update. Besure to return to windows update after every reboot - until it tells you _specifically_ that there are no further updates.
Beyond that, scan your drives for physical problems. Odds are your machine flipped out during an I/O op (One of the reasons Raptor drives are phenominal for BF2 players is due to the enormous pounding the drives take). If you haven't done it in a few months, defrag your machine - get a copy of OODefrag and do a complete defrag, optimize for space.
Good luck.
Boot from the XP CD. when it offers you the option of doing an Auto Repair, don't select this option. No one ever has the auto-repair diskette ready. Just continue on as if you are installing a 'fresh' copy of windows. agree to the EULA, etc etc - when it gets to the section where you choose your partition for installation, windows will find your existing install and offer the option to repair it - this is exactly what you want to do.
This will replace the system files, and won't trash your profile.
Depending on the age of your machine, you may or may not have an SP2 XP CD. that said, the very first thing you need to do when you get back in is to invest the next hour of you life going into Windows Update. Besure to return to windows update after every reboot - until it tells you _specifically_ that there are no further updates.
Beyond that, scan your drives for physical problems. Odds are your machine flipped out during an I/O op (One of the reasons Raptor drives are phenominal for BF2 players is due to the enormous pounding the drives take). If you haven't done it in a few months, defrag your machine - get a copy of OODefrag and do a complete defrag, optimize for space.
Good luck.