retired_kkaigle

Ok i'll try to be brief, mainly cos my wrist is killing from typing this on the wii.

my computer ****ed up today in that it won't get past the windows xp loading screen without resetting itself (with a bluescreen flashing for a nanosec before the computer resets).

anyway what i need to know now is whether or not the contents of 'my documents' and the files on my desktop will disappear or not. if so is there any way of salvaging them before i reinstall xp?

cheers.

retired_jshendel

Cant you back them up on a dvd or something?

retired_jshendel

Oh, your pc is broke. Should read the post properly

retired_gitfresh

will probably struggle to do that if he cant get past the loading screen

retired_genceryarkin

Have you tried starting up in safe mode at all?

retired_superpenners

Have you tried booting to safe mode?

marynot

have you tried a chkdsk repair?

retired_superpenners

FFS! Great minds think alike.

retired_kris10nicole

You may be OK if you can repair your install through the console.

retired_kkaigle

once the memory check and that gets done, i get 30secs to choose one of these options:

safe mode
safe mode with networking
safe mode with command prompt
lastnknow good configuration
normal startup

the latter two dont work whilst the safemode ones bring up loads of writing before the computer resets