new windows instalation without losing all my files

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I have a crap computer that is doing me head in and I want to run restore or
recovery windows xp. However, my machine is an e-machine and it does not give
me much option apart from loosing all my files. Which I don't want to do.
Pleazee offer some advice if you can./


Thanks
 
JC said:
I have a crap computer that is doing me head in and I want to run
restore or recovery windows xp. However, my machine is an e-machine
and it does not give me much option apart from loosing all my files.
Which I don't want to do. Pleazee offer some advice if you can./


Thanks
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Back up your files to CD or DVD or a free 'net storage place, or get an
external drive to back up to ... the list goes on. Then try to do a Repair
Install. If it works right, you most likely won't lose much data. But if
it doesn't work, you'll have to do a full in stall, in which case you'll
need your backups to put all the data back on it.

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I have a crap computer that is doing me head in and I want to run restore
or
recovery windows xp. However, my machine is an e-machine and it does not
give
me much option apart from loosing all my files. Which I don't want to do.
Pleazee offer some advice if you can./
Click to expand...

For an OEM system you're limited by the recovery options provided by the
computer manufacturer. If all they offer is a destructive recovery, then
that's it. That's one of many reasons why I prefer a installation with a
retail version of XP.
 
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