Windows XP Pro stopped working

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GeorgeReis

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I was working in Win XP Pro and got an error while working in Photoshop that said that a color setting was corrupt. It gave a name and path to the corrupt file. I searched for it, but couldn't find it. I quit Photoshop, then quit Windows, then quit Parallels. Now I can no longer run Windows. When I attempt to launch the Windows environment I get the black screen with white text that suggests that I can start in Safe Mode, Safe Mode with Networking, Safe Mode with Command Prompt, Last Known Good Configuration, or Start Windows Normally. I tried Safe Mode, Last Known Good configuration, and Start Windows Normally. None of them work - they bring me briefly to a blue screen that says, "A problem has been detected and windows has been shut down..." It closes with the following Technical Information, "*** STOP: 0x00000024 (0x00190203, 0x87BCC848, 0xC0000102, 0x00000000)"

Any help as to what I can do to get back up and running would be really appreciated!!

This is on a MacBookPro OSX 10.5.5 2.6GHz, 4GB RAM, Parallels Desktop 3.0 Build 5608, Windows XP Pro with Service Pack 2.

Thanks!

George
 
One piece of information I left off. When this first happened, I had an LCD projector plugged in to my laptop. The problem persists, even though I no longer have anything plugged into my machine.

George
 
Try this.
boot into safe mode.
My Computer
C:/Windows
open the prefetch folder
delete all the files in this folder.
re-boot
this might help
 
Thanks - the CHDSK /r routine worked and was easy to do. I just had to first change the boot order of Windows through Parallels, insert the Windows installation disk, boot Windows (from the disk), then type in the chdsk command. I then reset the boot order, and Windows is running fine once again!

I guess this time I'll make a snapshot so that I can return to it when I have a problem in the future.

George
 
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