"you've tried everything"????? thats not telling us what it is you have tried......see http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;823439&Product=winxp (if you haven't "tried" it yet, if not then try here... http://www.pcbuyerbeware.co.uk/RecoveringXP.htm (located in a sky blue section entitled "Windows XP: Problems running the CHKDSK disk-checking utility" about half way down the page)....good luck.
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