****ing Shit Twating Bastard Crappy **** Tosser WINDOWS XP.

 

****ING HATE IT!

 

Doing fine working away doing my PHP Uni work. Turn the computer off. Go have a drink 30 mins later come back, turn it on, OS Currupt use recovery from XP disc. OK then did that selected recovery and I go into DOS, the worse version of DOS ever. No instructions on what to do, so I run a few fix things it has. Reboot the same currupt.

Went to Windows setup becuase it has the option to unstall over the top keeping your settings and documents.

 

NO. Windows XP doesnt allow that. Complete installation wiping away any old data. THE ONLY WINDOWS THAT DOES THAT THE ****ING TWATS!

 

I have a virus checker that updates every time I log on, which with broadband is every time I boot up, it runs a full check every day and I am really carful what emails I open. Its just ****ING XP!

 

I have had every other Windows OS all the way from Windows 3.1.1 and its never done this. XP this is the 3rd time its happened. WINKER. Lucky I bought another HDD a month ago and put 2000 on it so I can still access my data, but having trouble accessing my emails from XP where my passwords and server location for my files is held.

 

Soon as I get the time Im going to put Linux over it.

 

Sorry just has to moan about how ****ING SHIT XP is.

 

Stuart

OK then Stu,

 

Bios / Boot From CDROM / WINXP disk in / Press anykey to boot from CDROM at appropriate time / boot into WINXP installer / select 'repair' and reinstall WINXP

 

I have a machine in that did just what you describe, cust. downloaded one too many fake .mp3 from Kazaa and got viri'd up.

 

Reinstall mate:)

I thought that Glen, but when I boot into XP setup from the CD, is says press R to go into Repair console where you go into that basic DOS screen.

Click install and all I can do is install over the top and it says that all setting will be lost and mydocuments will be lost too.

 

Stuart