big oopps with system & xp

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  1. nutabird

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    ive a dell comp and with child messing it up i ended up reistalling xp. this has stopped me gaining access to all programs files etc on c drive they all atill there but i need to know how i can get them working again i tried a file recovery cd but no help as said if save to same drive could erase info but cant save to disc
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    files you can access but programs have to be reloaded
     
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    once i reload from disc again will i be able to access the old files etc and will it not take up extra space. im not very good with comp except for the basics
     
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    should be able to access files but programs might have to be reloaded to work
     
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