I think PCR may be right...

My XP Home editions' chkdsk.exe - autochk.exe won't work on bootup !
The Recovery console won't install ! (recovery consosle is NOT installed
by deafult with XP home - and even when installed is only partially
functional i.e. automated recovery is unavialable). ...but, seeing as it
won't install anyway I don't have to worry about that do I !

Norton SystemWorks, when installed into XP ......most of the
"Works...huh!...vanish / do not appear" (features and tools / utilities
etc. they're simply not there !) ...obviously Norton is afraid to tackle
anything NTFS !

It's becoming more and more clear to me that I may need to reinstall and get
XP Home ed. sat on a FAT32 partition, so that all my old FAT32 based
utilities work ...should I need to tinker with my hard disks.

regards, Richard

Right! XP is a black hole that has been swallowing up all our MVP's! Can
you see them in there, RJK-- Kelly, Nutcase, Nichols, etc.? Even
Colorado's nose may have been sucked in!


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Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
should things get worse after this,
PCR

"RJK" wrote in message
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| My XP Home editions' chkdsk.exe - autochk.exe won't work on bootup !
| The Recovery console won't install ! (recovery consosle is NOT
installed
| by deafult with XP home - and even when installed is only partially
| functional i.e. automated recovery is unavialable). ...but, seeing as
it
| won't install anyway I don't have to worry about that do I !
|
| Norton SystemWorks, when installed into XP ......most of the
| "Works...huh!...vanish / do not appear" (features and tools /
utilities
| etc. they're simply not there !) ...obviously Norton is afraid to
tackle
| anything NTFS !
|
| It's becoming more and more clear to me that I may need to reinstall
and get
| XP Home ed. sat on a FAT32 partition, so that all my old FAT32 based
| utilities work ...should I need to tinker with my hard disks.
|
| regards, Richard
|
|