Norton Power Eraser killed my computer

I was having troubles that Norton could not fix, so i followed it's link and tried npe.
my computer is now missing necessary dlls.

I run a windows xp 32 (unsure of service pack, sorry).

I tried what was suggested in the other posts:

But i have a slight problem,

For F8 i only get what i want to load off of, nothing else. No advanced options.

I have windows xp installation cds so i tried one.

I start from disk.

I press r.

i go through, but exe files will not start(ie: notepad, farbar)

so i try a system restore

denied

re-enter system restore

no snapshot

so i try 42
and 41
and all the way down to 20
no snapshots

any suggestions?

 

Automated system recovery or via the recovery console?

The asr wants a floppy disk i do not have.

The recovery console seem to be similar to the command prompt, except less freedom.

 

the automated system recovery from the xp disk asks for the windows automated system recovery disk to be put in the floppy drive

i will not be back until tonight or tomorrow

 

okay, so i am obviously missing a step here.

when i put the install disk in do i wait until the screen that says

To setup XP now press ENTER
To repair a Windows install using Recovery Console press R
To quit setup without installing XP press F3

if so do i press r and look at the recovery console?

if not can i get a step by step instruction?

 

none of the screenshots can be seen, and it looks like what i need



edit: or not

in doing the install repair it does not see the previous xp installation

 

Boot to the cd.
done

To do that, first go into the bios and change the boot order to CD as first boot device.
done

Put the XP cd in the drive and boot.
done
One you are in the cd, choose install.
done

It will look for previous installations and give you a prompt where you can choose R to do a repair install. Then just follow the prompts.
this is the problem, not detected

 

desktop with 3 hard drives(1 unused)

thanks anyway

 

yeah, done that before.

 

apparently if it still has the /windows it will ask you first.

then you an press l to replace the /windows files

 

Erm, none of my windows cds will respond to their activation codes.

that bites.