Before I do something I am gonna regret

[Headtheball]

I am now at the crossroads of doing a complete fresh install using xp home
upgrade as I am stuck with arepair that wont work. I can no longer access
my files, desktop because the xp repair has crashed out and is asking for
asms files but the cd rom isnt reading the setup disk. Before i trythis
drastic method, is there a way of rescuing the situation? All of my business
and wifes files are on the system, is there anyway of accessing them and
backing them up, any tools that I could use before the dreaded deed is done.
HELP me please

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

Can you get into the computer in safe mode? Also, you might get better help
with the first problem (fixing the repair) in one of the windows forums,
like
http://communities2.microsoft.com/c...lt.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.windowsxp.general.
once you have that, we can help you backup your files (which you should do,
even if you get it repaired).

BTW, backup information is here:
http://www.slipstick.com/config/backup.htm
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q168/6/44.asp
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q181/0/14.asp
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q184/8/17.asp
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q238/7/82.asp

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[Mary]

I think you posted in the wrong forum. Try the Windows XP
newsgroup. This one is for Office.

 

[DL]

You might want to try a windowsxp ng, for a more informed response, as this
is an Outlook ng
I guess you now realise the importance of backups?