reinstalling xp home

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Brad

hi, i made the mistake of trying to re-install xp home
without removing my original copy. when i first started
the install was going fine until the end when a screen
came up asking if i wanted to repair my current version of
xp or delete it and re-install. so i chose to repair it
but now the computer just starts the install fromt eh
begining, and ends up with the same screen, repair or
delete and install a new one. if i wanted to delete and
re-install, the My Documents folder might be deleted. the
problem i have is, i have about 15 to 20 gigs of data that
i can not delete in the My Documents folder. is there any
way to fix the hard drive with out losing my data? what i
was thinking of doing is taking the messed up hard drive
and putting it as a slvae on my older computer,
transfering the vital files i have to an old hard drive,
then finish the installation by deleting the current copy
of xp and re-installing it. does that sound reasonable?
 
I think it is best moving your hard drive into the slave position so you can retreive the files needed on your damaged hard drive. If you ca'tn get to the files cleanly, then try to hook it up to another computer and see if you can pull the files that way.
 
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