1st time I installed Mandriva, all was sweet. Then I tried to backup linux partition from within windows and corupted it.
2nd time install- got error "error setting up inter process comunications for kde. Could not read network connection name/[user].dcopserver_localhost_0. Please check that the dcop server program is running.

Tried complete reinstall- same thing again. Anyone that can point me in right direction to fix this.

Inside of your /home/user directory is a file called .kde (notice the dot) Rename this file and then launch kde again. This file contains your personal settings and gets created by kde if it does not exist. Something in there is amiss.