Is it possible to reinstall XP without losing all my stuff?

[mhendo]

My email gets stored on gmail anyway.

Clearly i was referring to people who download their email using clients like Thunderbird and Outlook.

 

[Jonti]

And indeed, one can do both!

You can use an email client like Thunderbird or Outlook or Evolution to download your gmail to your PC. The point of that is to be able to refer to emails even when offline, or if google has problems (it has been known to happen).

A google search using "imap gmail" (no quotes) will tell you more.

 

[mhendo]

And indeed, one can do both!

You can use an email client like Thunderbird or Outlook or Evolution to download your gmail to your PC. The point of that is to be able to refer to emails even when offline, or if google has problems (it has been known to happen).

A google search using "imap gmail" (no quotes) will tell you more.

Absolutely, although i'm amazed at how resistant some people are to the idea of IMAP.

I've explained how it works, and recommended it to some of my friends, but they just don't seem interested. For the most part, they're either webmail people OR email client (POP) people. The idea of combining the two to get the best of both worlds doesn't seem to appeal to them. Go figure.

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

Clearly i was referring to people who download their email using clients like Thunderbird and Outlook.

Ah right. I can never be arsed with that.

 

[purplex]

stick the XP disk in and do a repair install.

virus check and spybot it.

This

 

[Jonti]

Here's the OP ...

I've had blue screen errors for the past week, now all I have to do is try to logon and the machine restarts. Tried various repairs (including system restore and repair/recovery console thing using the Windows CD) attempts to no avail. If I attempt to "reinstall" XP will I lose my files, etc?

Posted in wrong forum. Move please?

... emphasis added.

 

[Boris Sprinkler]

linux live disk. External drive, move stuff off, verify. reinstall windows.