Satellite Pro A60: Windows XP cannot start missing or corrupt driver isapnp.sys

I have had a Satellite Pro A60 for about 3 years without problems.
Last week the Toshiba in Touch screen developed bleeding vertical lines and I got error message 'Windows XP cannot start because of missing or corrupt driver isapnp.sys'. I have tried using recovery disk but this loads OK but then fails to make any difference. Hard disk appears to work OK as slave to another computer.
Any suggestions wil be much appreciated!
Thanks

Found this Microsoft knowledge base article:
You receive a "Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt: Isapnp.sys" error message at startup
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315311/EN-US/
May it help

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