> Thanks for the reply and info. I have contacted them and am in the middle of
> getting support, but their chat support closed on me...when had to do a
> reboot...
> guess I have to wait until tomorrow to get further assistance.
>
> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:
>

>> Free unlimited installation and compatibility support is available for
>> Windows XP, but only for Service Pack 3 (SP3), until 14 Apr-09. Chat and
>> e-mail support is available only in the United States and Canada. Go to
>> http://support.microsoft.com/oas/default.aspx?gprid=1173 | select "Windows
>> XP" then select "Windows XP Service Pack 3"
>> --
>> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
>> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
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>>
>> PG wrote:

>>> I have been having boot up problems, drives not showing up any longer,
>>> programs missing or files missing or not running errors.
>>>
>>> Intermittently I have bootup problems, then have to disconnect one SATA
>>> drive to get XP to load at all.
>>>
>>> I tried to install XP components again and it won't let me run setup. The
>>> CD-drive is reading since it opens the files but it won't run setup!?
>>>
>>> In addition, I had to do a system restore after I installed SP 3, so all
>>> of
>>> this started after the SP 3 was installed/updated.
>>>
>>> I also did a BIOS driver update thinking that might help with the bootup
>>> and
>>> HD not found problems, but it didn't help. I don't know what else to try
>>> or
>>> what else could be causing all this.
>>>
>>> Any help is greatly appreciated!
>>>
>>> Thank you for your immediate replies!

>>
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