Reformatted reloaded and desktop is blank

[mmyers2548]

I have a dell computer that I have reformatted the HD and reloaded windows xp sp2. When the computer boots up the desktop picture shows but I have no icons, startbar, NOTHING. Is there a way of loading into doss to check what the problem could be?. PLEASE HELP IF POSSIBLE. Thank you

[Disk_Contented]

When the drive first starts to load, hit F8 and select safe mode. What happens now?

[mmyers2548]

system started in safe mode. I have tried to copy explorer.exe off of my PC and put it in the windows directory and then run it but it did no good either. I am truly stummped over this. I reinstalled the OS again and keep getting the same thing. I ran chkdsk and it shows no bad sectors on the hard drive either. I am wondering if I have a bad copy of xp pro?

[Kevin_gibson]

It's possible you have a duff copy of XP, you could try and install another OS if you have one available?