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reinstall windows xp
my computer says this now when i start it up.
WINDOWS COULD NOT START BECAUSE THE FOLLOWING FILE IS MISSING OR CORRUPT = windows\system32\config\system.
when i go to reinstall the windows xp or whatever it is that it wants me to do, will all my files i had saved still be on the computer? i just have a bunch of things that i really want/need but i have no way of getting them right now. so will reinstalling xp delete everything?
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Yes.
If you've got a windows XP CD you MIGHT be able to fix things with the recovery console without a reinstall.
Otherwise if you've got another computer handy you (or someone who knows what they're doing, if you don't) could pull the hard drive out of the dead computer and put it in the working one. Then you can copy the files you want to the working computer, put the hard disk back in the dead one, reinstall, then just move the files back over to the newly reinstalled computer.
If you think your computer died because of a virus then DON'T try this. You'll just end up spreading the virus to other computers and you'll be better off losing your files anyway (they could be infected). Re-installing would most likely kill any viruses (if you've got one).
Once you've fixed your computer get a USB memory stick and back up any files you want to keep. You'll save yourself this headache in the future.
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