[Valiant]

Tech, has stolen my thunder, I had an almost identical problem when I first installed XP... basically do what Tech says, and you'll be fine, as for the extra reg & and other misc system files, I'd search for files older than when you installed XP, and use your judgement from there... and yes I do know that's its dangerous, but I don't see much other than the hunt and peck method working in this situation