PC reformat help

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hey techies, i need help reformatting my C drive. I can't find the XP install disc, i don't think BB gave it to me when they pre-installed my software. I can't find the create boot up cd option on my pc. where should i go to find this in my pc? I found setup boot disks on microsofts site, but is this the full win xp i can re-install after reformatting my hard drive clean? i really don't want to have to re-buy xp if i don't have to. oh yeah, anyone have an easy way to save my browser bookmarks (IE & Firefox)? Thanks for the help, this is such a headache. If it were up to me, i'd just go buy a new pc, have all my files on an external already...
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CR250Rider 3/28/2008 9:04am
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firefox: bookmarks, organize bookmarks, file, export...etc
IE: C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Favorites
jtomasik (MD) 3/28/2008 9:09am
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Death to Windows. If you [u:1353lrbe]really[/u:1353lrbe] don't have to have Windows, Linux might be an option. Getting it is a breeze. Reformatting your hard drive and installing it is almost as easy.
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scott, i have winxp sp2 on a pentium 4 2.8 Ghz with 500MB Ram desktop. i really just need to know how to backup my OS to a cd so i can reinstall it after formatting. i can't find it anywhere in my pc, i don't know where to look.

jtomasik, would linux allow me to use microsoft apps? like word, excel, etc? how would i attain this?

thanks.
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von551 3/28/2008 3:35pm
3/28/2008 3:35pm Edited Date/Time 4/16/2016 6:29pm
[quote="CR250Rider":19jitkbb]firefox: bookmarks, organize bookmarks, file, export...etc
IE: C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Favorites[/quote:19jitkbb]


cool, thanks

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[quote="von551":1ocxzxil]hey techies, i need help reformatting my C drive. I can't find the XP install disc, i don't think BB gave it to me when they pre-installed my software. I can't find the create boot up cd option on my pc. where should i go to find this in my pc? I found setup boot disks on microsofts site, but is this the full win xp i can re-install after reformatting my hard drive clean? i really don't want to have to re-buy xp if i don't have to. oh yeah, anyone have an easy way to save my browser bookmarks (IE & Firefox)? Thanks for the help, this is such a headache. If it were up to me, i'd just go buy a new pc, have all my files on an external already...[/quote:1ocxzxil]

do you have another computer in the house? if you do set that computer hardrive to master and take the harddrive out of the messed up pc and set the jumper to make it a slave. copy all the files you need and and reverse the process above

I'm pretty sure you need the xp setup disc to run the recovery console option. Did you try to boot it to the last known good configuration?

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