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I had a similar problem a while back. It should keep your data intact. I would get hold of service packs 1 and 2 on a USB key first, then you can do a full repair without connecting to the Internet. One weird thing is that IE7 reverted to IE6, but since I don't use it anyway, it wasn't a problem.
Posted By: yarmyyarmy on February 26th 2010 at 13:24:19
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- Techy help required (General Chat) - Klobo04, Feb 26, 13:15:59
- Klobo, do you have any USB equipment plugged in ? (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Feb 26, 13:43:12
- Yeah I have taken all peripherals out (General Chat) - Klobo04, Feb 26, 13:45:26
- Actually that's pretty straightforward (General Chat) - Old Git, Feb 26, 13:35:14
- I had that after getting a trojan. Had to reformat the disc and load everything up. (General Chat) - CB41, Feb 26, 13:33:34
- you bought a condom and had to change your pc? (General Chat) - camcan, Feb 26, 13:42:54
- I'm not with you there camcan. However, I haven't bought a condom since (General Chat) - CB41, Feb 26, 13:45:40
- I wish I could get into safe mode. (General Chat) - Klobo04, Feb 26, 13:34:19
- you bought a condom and had to change your pc? (General Chat) - camcan, Feb 26, 13:42:54
- Hit F2 when you turn it on (or press it a few times before it loads the xp screen) (General Chat) - pants, Feb 26, 13:28:36
- I havent tried the F2 trick (General Chat) - Klobo04, Feb 26, 13:30:18
- Do you have the xp cd? You could try and boot the operating system from the disc (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, Feb 26, 13:31:37
- Other than that I can't help (General Chat) - pants, Feb 26, 13:35:50
- No worries. Thanks for all the advice. Ill give them a go and see how i get on (n/m) (General Chat) - Klobo04, Feb 26, 13:37:31
- I'm going to try and borrow a disc (General Chat) - Klobo04, Feb 26, 13:33:40
- Other than that I can't help (General Chat) - pants, Feb 26, 13:35:50
- Do you have the xp cd? You could try and boot the operating system from the disc (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, Feb 26, 13:31:37
- I havent tried the F2 trick (General Chat) - Klobo04, Feb 26, 13:30:18
- Follow the instructions here (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Feb 26, 13:24:19
- Thanks for the advice :) (n/m) (General Chat) - Klobo04, Feb 26, 13:30:36
- I still need to fix the PC though lol (n/m) (General Chat) - Klobo04, Feb 26, 13:23:56
- One of these (General Chat) - CB41, Feb 26, 13:18:30
- Klobo, do you have any USB equipment plugged in ? (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Feb 26, 13:43:12
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