Hi:

I think the problem is related to some changes you have done in your hard disk. If the file is where it may be, I think the only way to restore your windows is doing it from your Win XP Cd. Put it into your cd-rom and reboot. Then choose install. You will recieve a message telling you that windows is installed in your system. So you have to restore it, reinstalling, not a clean copy. There is no problem in reinstalling, it just copies all the files from CD to Hd but your programs, configuration... will be there, you don't lose anything.