My XP Rig Help

[Laz.e.rus]

So, Everything has been running great.

The other day, PC wouldnt fire up (shut down after 2 secs). Went through all the basics. Disconnecting 2nd monitor fixed it (shrug).

So... later I notice that the default windows search doesnt work (Start -> Search) or Windows Explorer -> Search on Command Bar.

 

Ive tried a repair (cant do - OS is newer), updates, system restore (doesnt work).

Chkdisk

 

I tried to defrag...thats when I noticed that it wont work either (wont even fire up and run)

 

Ran Combo Fix... nothing spectacular.

 

Not sure what to do. Not finding anything in MS support either.

 

XP Home- all updates. AMD Opteron. 2 HDD raided, 1 backup.

 

yada yada nothing special.

 

Any help?

 

Update: After ComboFix I tried the search again, then debug. Then ran disk defrag just now for the HeckOfit.. it worked! And its ugly. Giving that a shot.

Still no search, but at least defrag is working.