Disaster strikes!! please help!

Jimbo · 17 Feb 2006 at 21:25

I was trying to solve a problem on my pc and it involved uninstalling and re-installing nforce3 drivers. Anyway it wouldnt let me install the latest nforce drivers, so I used driver cleaner, but still no joy.

I then saw these folders on my c: root dir, they were something like NV******** or something or other, so stupidly I deleted them.

And now of course windows just blue screens on me, even in safe mode.

My question is this... would I be able to install windows from scratch on another drive in there, my d: for instance without losing any data of it (d: that is), then get some of my lost bookmarks and stuff of my c: drive?

Im gutted.

Or would i be able to reinstall xp without losing any bookmarks or data of c:?

a reformat is gonna suck some A tbh.

Jimbo · 17 Feb 2006 at 22:08

I just found this on the web....

ReInstalling WindowsXP

Added 5/21/02

If you need to reinstall WindowsXP and want to keep all your current installed applications and settings:

1.

Start WindowsXP
2.

Go to the location of your source files
3.

Run WINNT32 /unattend

I've often need to do this to repair something that had gotten corrupted and didn't want to do a clean install.

Would I be able to do this from dos? using a startup disk say? anyone??

Jimbo · 17 Feb 2006 at 22:17

Would a repair at reinstall save my apps in documents and settings and my installed apps and games?

konicky · 17 Feb 2006 at 23:04

Jimbo said:
Would a repair at reinstall save my apps in documents and settings and my installed apps and games?

Should do!
Details here if you need them

www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

Jimbo · 17 Feb 2006 at 23:05

Cheers for that mate, but I dont have a repair option, when I get to the stage he mentioned.

Jimbo · 18 Feb 2006 at 00:33

No matter now, I have just bitten the bullet and accepted data loss. I reinstalled xp.

skiba · 18 Feb 2006 at 00:52

mate, in future use the Bart PE CD, it's a bootable copy of windows on a CD, used it yesterday on my sis's laptop, works a treat.

Jimbo · 18 Feb 2006 at 01:21

Thanks I'll remember that piece of advice. it just gets weirder, after a reinstall I'm still getting the same thing happening. I'm going for a full format now and hoping my raptor hasnt give up on me.

Jimbo · 18 Feb 2006 at 01:31

Looks like it could be my drive, its taking ages to format at the instalation of windows. It normally whizzez through it being a sata western digital 74gig raptor.

Oh balls.