reinstall XP without losing data? 2

[manhunter2826]

Hi, a friend's PC has been corrupted. He has no issues doing a reinstall of XP but he wishes not to lose his data. Can someone remind me of the correct option to choose before I go ahead and tell him. Is it:
Boot from the xp cd and go past the recovery console to the install menu. Select repair the existing installation?

He does not mind if windows updates have to be reinstalled.
Thanks all.

 

[edfair]

Running them as local users.

Just thought it was funny (wierd sense of humor) that we got hit with the same kind of stuff on 2 machines a week apart after probably 4 years of none. And from totally different areas since the machines are used for different things.

Once I got the first inkling that it had hit I pulled the network connection and transferred the removal tools via memory stick. It had disabled Panda and blocked the download executable of the removal tool, but not the programs themselves.

Ed Fair
Give the wrong symptoms, get the wrong solutions.