Corrupt User Profile - Help!

Hi there,

I am running WinXP Home Edition. I have my own profile (administrator) and
the default guest profile.

Last night I turned on my computer, and instead of loading as it normally
does, I got the following message:

"Windows cannot load your profile because it may be corrupted." This was
followed by a message stating that Windows could not find the local profile,
so it would load a temporary one. Any changes to the temporary profile
would be lost.

I proceeded with the temporary profile, and went into Windows Explorer. My
folder is still in Documents and Settings, and everything appears to still
be there (Favorites, My Documents, etc.). Does anyone know how I can
correct this corrupted profile? Any idea how it occurred? I guess I could
simply re-load XP, but I'd like to know what caused this.

Thanks,

Shannon

PS: If I do have to re-load XP, does anyone out there know how I can
preserve my email? I use OE and Outlook.