...If you can get past that you may want to try A Repair Install of Windows...
Done properly all your data and apps will be intact...
Make 1 mistake and all your data and apps will be gone...however you will have a fresh install of XP...
Since he posted this in the "Windows 3.x, 95, 98, and ME " Forum, and he says: "...have no win98cd...", that link would not apply. As you said, it's hard to read with no punctuation, misspellings & one run-on sentence. Must have superheated & burned out!