I thought a good deed would bring some good karma, but my main machine is now dead. All I did was turn it off, unplug it and remove the power cable. I fixed my friends machine then reconnected my computer and poof. XP would only go as far as “windows is starting…” and then sit there for more than an hour. So I tried the usual troubleshooting and then tried to reinstall XP and it keeps getting stuck during the install.
I am hoping it is not the power supply or motherboard. The c:\ drive is about 3 yrs old so I am hoping it is failing and today when I switch the drives around I can then install on one of my newer drives. I need to get this working so I can find a job. This sucks….

….to be continued (with a happy ending, I hope.)