Hi,

I forgot to mention that the corrupted partition MIGHT NOT be at the bottom. It might be on top of the uncorrupted partition. Try powering on the computer and see which option is corrupted. And delete the specified partition where appropriate. Inform me if there are any problems. Good Luck!

Hi,

Regarding the matter of the boot options, you can try to format the hard drive before reinstalling Windows XP. If you want a faster way, you can go to control panel, then system, then go under tab: "Advanced" and under "Startup and Recovery", select "Settings". You will then see an "Edit" button which you can change the settings. Below is an example of what is shown when you press "Edit":

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn

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Below the [Operating Systems] is the option that you see during boot-up. As for my computer I have only one partition: multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn. Yours might have two so the whole file might look like this:

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn

multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS=" " /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn

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You should be able to see another partition coming out. To solve the problem you can just delete the whole line, from "multi..." to "...OptIn" and no more than that. Hope the information provided solves your problem! Good Luck!