Thanks for the info, everyone. I'm not so good with some of this stuff but yet, I do like to do some things hands-on and try, and learn from there. I will give it another go. If it still doesn't work, then I'll know that this is probably beyond me and I'll head for the shops. Maybe it could be something wrong with the Hard Disk too. Thanks again. Much appreciate it.

sorry lurkswithin, but wouldnt it have been easier to email me all that rather than posting? anyway Ill remember what you said. just saw it done on other forums...

"\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM. You can attempt to repair this file by starting Windows Setup using the original CD ROM. Select 'r' at the first screen to start repair."

Are they referring to the Operating System?"

No sure if this is still relevant information but that is actually part of the windows registry but I see you were able to retrieve most of the data