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My system file was corrupted and my computer wouldn't start. So I went into the restore console and manually wrote over it with the system file from the repair folder. I did this because the "repair" option was not showing up when I booted from the CD.

After doing this, I was able to boot into XP properly and everything works. However, I noticed that the computer CPU would shoot up to 100% whenever I did anything like scroll in IE with just 1 window open. When I don't do anything, the CPU is at the normal 2-3%. When I right clicked on "my computer" to check the ram, it says 992, which I think is normal.

Does anyone have any ideas to pinpoint the problem and fix it?

I tried to restore to a previous restore point but XP doesn't show any.
Is it a software issue with the system file? Or a hardware issue?

Thanks for any help and input.

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NM. I figured it out. I needed to install the video driver again.

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