Not your kids fault then.
Try booting from a boot diskette. Set the BIOS to boot from a: first, then put a boot diskette in and reboot.
If it boots, do the usual diagnostics:
fdisk /status
scandisk c:
Carefully note all error messages and post back if needed.
Kees
OK so I made a fatal mistake and let the kids play on my computer!
Everything was going fine until the screen went blank. The kids didn't do anything on purpose but when I first tried to reboot I got a message some files were missing and was advised to reinstall Windows.
I did this through the setup but now just when Windows should start I get a message that there is an I/O failure and I must reboot. REbooting doesn't help and I get the same message.
What has happened? Can I fix this?
ES

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