It could be a fault with the drive itself - in which case a replacement drive will be needed.

Before you do that though, try going into Device Manager and removing your CD drive. Then reboot, Windows should detect the drive and reinstall the drivers for it.

Right-click on My Computer - Properties - Hardware - Device Manager

Do you have dual boot with both 32 bit and 64 bit versions of XP installed?

I've been doing some searching and haven't found anything helpful. It would appear that you have updated 64 bit to the correct version of DirectX, but I can't find any info on the 32 bit mode or the 32 bit system files that are still at the old version.

EDIT: I just found this, might help

http://pcsupport.about.com/od/fixtheproblem/ht/restoredx9dll.htm

However, if you aren't actually getting any problems, then it might be best to just leave things as they are and not worry about what dxdiag shows up in 32 bit mode.

And it's a 'Hi' from me too - even if I've never been to your part of the world.

It would be better to stick to one problem at a time. Let Essexboy guide you through cleaning your PC, then we can deal with other problems later.

Probably best to start a new thread when you get to that stage - but not before.

NTFS is the better format, but not vital, FAT will do.

The first one is probably a splash screen and it's hiding the POST (Bios) screens as it starts up.

Just start pressing F8 as soon as it starts up. (F8 is usually to get to Safe Mode options, are you sure you don't mean F2 or F10?)

I wasn't able to come with an answer regarding sr.sys.

One last thing to check - right-click on My Computer, Properties, System Restore.

Make sure you don't have system restore disabled on the C drive.
Also - check the settings for SR, have you allowed Windows enough space for SR?

Is your hard drive getting full?  If there's not enough disk space, SR cannot work.

Do you need to have a disk cleanup? The simplest temp file tool is ATF cleaner, it will remove files safely and clear disk space for you. Doesn't need to be installed.
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/atfcleaner.html

Go into Control Panel/Folder Options (in classic view).

Then click on the View tab - and remove the tick from the box to 'hide known file extensions'.

You should now be able to see the inf files - and it probably is the one you see as simply 'SR'.

There's two things you can try. First is try a restore from Safe Mode.


The other is a repair process:

You can reinstall System Restore with these steps:

1. Click Start, Run, In the Run box, type  C:\windows\inf press enter.

2. Look for SR.INF (click on the column 'Name' to sort by name) and right-click on it,  select "Install" from the menu.

Follow the prompts, reboot and System Restore will be ready to use.

Sorry, but we won't endorse any illegal activity or piracy. And I doubt that it's legal in your country either.

Start/All Programs/Windows Update

There will be lots since SP2, your disk copies will be out of date by a couple of years or so.

After installing SP2, have you updated XP with all critical updates?

If we knew the answer to that and told you, it would be illegal.

So, the answer has to be 'No'.

Do you have another monitor and lead that you could try? Maybe borrow one?

It could be your graphics card, or your monitor (or lead), but it would be helpful to prove it with different hardware. I don't think we can diagnose a hardware problem so easily just from the symptoms.

Looks like you've tried everything on the software side.

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The comments facility on the main site isn't the same as the forum. I'm not sure if the administrator/owner of the site 'approves' comments first - my main role is in administration/moderation of the forum.

So, the delay in a comment appearing  could be down to owner censorship (good practice) or just the coding behind the site. Maybe he'll be along to enlighten us.

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