sp2 is the last service pack for 64bit systems and sp3 is the last service pack for 32bit systems, to tell go to start/ my computer/ right click on my computer and choose properties/ if anywhere on the first general tab you see 64 then you have a 64bit system if you do not see 64 then you have a 32 bit system.
checkdisk figures will fluctuate, this is normal, if an error is found it is a good idea to run checkdisk again, and you can do this from within windows if it is now booting.
How to perform checkdisk
if you do not have Recovery Console installed, then run from the start menu
go to start, run, type in cmd
in cmd type in
chkdsk c: /r and press enter
notice space between
k and
c, and
: and
/
type Y for yes and press enter
type exit and press enter
restart pc, allow checkdisk to finish and run again
this is a lengthy process depending on the size of your harddrive, the percentages will fluctuate, this is normal, you can view report in the event viewer.
go to start>run> and type in eventvwr.msc, click on the applications directory, and in the right hand panel choose winlogon.
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if you are booting now there is no need but if you need to run fixmbr you can disregard that warning, while there may be a possibility to an inaccessible harddrive, I have not had that problem, and I have run both fixboot and fixmbr several times after trying different linux downloads.
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parameters are the commands you use to perform whatever actions you want.
within the recovery console you can always type
help and it will give a list of commands , then you can type in a command , a space and then
/? and it will give a list of parameters, you can always google the commands and parameters for further knowledge,