reinstalling XP

[paul.bennett]

due to injudicious downloads and careless mucking about with my computer it
now runs slowly and is becoming erratic with various links being lost (My
Pictures/My Computer/My Music etc). i have come to the conclusion that the
only way out of this predicament is to wipe everything and reinstall XP. is
there any way i can transfer all my files and stuff somewhere on the hard
disk and mark it some way that it won't be affected by a reinstall or have i
got to put all my stuff on to CDs. Any help would be gratefully accepted

paul

[Steve C. Ray]

You can do a repair installation which should leave your data intact. Follow
these instructions provided by Mark Ferguson.

Start the operating system from the CD-ROM,

When the computer starts from the CD, the system checks your hardware

and then prompts you to select one of the following options:

To set up Windows XP now, press ENTER.

To repair a Windows XP installation using Recovery Console, press R.

To quit Setup without installing Windows XP, press F3.


Press ENTER.


Press F8 to accept the Licensing Agreement.

A box lists your current Windows XP installation, and then the system

prompts you to select one of the following options:

To repair the selected Windows XP installation, press R.

To continue installing a fresh copy of Windows XP without repairing, press
ESC.

Press R to start the automatic repair process. After repairing Windows XP,

you may need re-download all updates, starting with SP1.




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"paul.bennett" > wrote in message
...
> due to injudicious downloads and careless mucking about with my computer
it
> now runs slowly and is becoming erratic with various links being lost (My
> Pictures/My Computer/My Music etc). i have come to the conclusion that the
> only way out of this predicament is to wipe everything and reinstall XP.
is
> there any way i can transfer all my files and stuff somewhere on the hard
> disk and mark it some way that it won't be affected by a reinstall or have
i
> got to put all my stuff on to CDs. Any help would be gratefully accepted
>
> paul
>
>