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From: chobynne on 29 Sep 2008 08:12
Hello my pc suffered a virus attack .I managed to clean it up but the virus
left some damages.When I turn it on, all my shortcuts,taskbar... appear for
just 1 sec then disappear again.all I can see on the screen is my wallpaper.I
can't access my files (photos,music..) I have the XP cd. My question is ,if i
reinstall XP will I loose all my files? When I boot from the cd are there
options i can choose from? Will the pc ask if i want to just repair XP?and if
this is the case will i loose any of my files?

thank you,choby
From: Shenan Stanley on 29 Sep 2008 09:12
chobynne wrote:
> Hello my pc suffered a virus attack .I managed to clean it up but
> the virus left some damages.When I turn it on, all my
> shortcuts,taskbar... appear for just 1 sec then disappear again.all
> I can see on the screen is my wallpaper.I can't access my files
> (photos,music..) I have the XP cd. My question is ,if i reinstall
> XP will I loose all my files? When I boot from the cd are there
> options i can choose from? Will the pc ask if i want to just repair
> XP?and if this is the case will i loose any of my files?

First off - I'd probably back up the files and email and contacts you
created and wipe it all clean and reinstall afresh. Better 100% sure than
thinking you cleaned it up (just because your AV says it is clean doesn't
mean it is - after all - it was present when you got infected, right?)

In any case - you could perform a repair installation - which would leave
your stuff intact (in theory). However - you should have a backup ready
just in case (should *always* have a backup ready just in case.)

How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

How to perform an in-place upgrade (reinstallation) of Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315341

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
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From: DL on 29 Sep 2008 17:49
http://michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm
As in any such process a backup of data is allways wise

"chobynne" <chobynne(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F8B1D9CB-3E8E-4252-8C9B-6F6F2D1FC817(a)microsoft.com...
> Hello my pc suffered a virus attack .I managed to clean it up but the
> virus
> left some damages.When I turn it on, all my shortcuts,taskbar... appear
> for
> just 1 sec then disappear again.all I can see on the screen is my
> wallpaper.I
> can't access my files (photos,music..) I have the XP cd. My question is
> ,if i
> reinstall XP will I loose all my files? When I boot from the cd are there
> options i can choose from? Will the pc ask if i want to just repair XP?and
> if
> this is the case will i loose any of my files?
>
> thank you,choby


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