Hi there,
 
Yesterday, I installed SP3 on the PC of my parents. However, after some hours (yeah, it's a really slow computer), it says it didn't have enough disk space anymore. So it automaticly shut down. However, Service pack 3 wasn't fully installed yet. So, during the next boot, Windows tried to restore the last configuration.
 
But still, the PC didn't have enough memory, so it shut down again. And again, I tried to boot Windows. However, because the previous action of restoring Windows had been interupted, only half of the system files has been deleted.
 
So, when I boot Windows at this point in time, it sais that some auto??.dll isn't working correctly. I can't even login. I just see a blue Windows XP screen (no, not the Blue Screen of Death, but simply a windows xp screen). After that, it is rebooting.
 
My question: How can I solve this problem? The computer is having three HDD's: C: (windows) D: (documents) and E: (extern). However, there are also very important documents on C. Is it possible to solve this without clearing the C: partition?
 
 
Thanks in advance!

Well, you could use a startup disk in MS-DOS to copy all the required files from C: to D:
 
Or you could install your OS on E, and then use it to copy files safely from C: to D:

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A repair install of Windows XP
Backup your documents to D/E just in case..

Yes, but he said he can't even start Windows. Wait, does the Windows disk have command prompt installed?

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Yes. And it has an option to do a repair install that'll fix the problem