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First, please check your computer BIOS to determine if it is presently set to boot from your primary drive.  This error message can be caused by the BIOS attempting to boot off of a Flash Drive, External Drive, etc.  If you have determined that this issue is in fact a corrupt Master Boot Record on the C Drive, please insure that you have a backup of this drive and then perform one of the following two options. Option 1 Boot from your Windows XP CDROM and run Recovery Console.  From Recovery Console, type:  fixboot c: Option 2 Download and burn the bootable CDROM ISO from Acronis which will automatically fix your Master Boot Record (MBR). Please Note: You may also need to utilize the FIXMBR command but I would highly recommend first attempting to resolve this issue using FIXBOOT rather than FIXMBR.  Also, encountering this issue may be an indication that this drive is failing and should be replaced. http://www.smartnetadmin.com

To identify changes made by an application in Microsoft Windows, please perform the following steps: Take a snapshot of your present registry using RegSnap. Execute the setup/installation file or make the application configuration change that you wish to monitor. Take a second snapshot of your registry using RegSnap. Now click File - Compare to compare the two snapshots. The differences between the two snapshots can now be easily determined. http://www.smartnetadmin.com