Quote - Note: Using the Recovery Disk will return your laptop to the state it was in when you took it out of the box, but YOU WILL LOSE ALL FILES AND PROGRAMS YOU HAVE SINCE INSTALLED!

 

Chuck

Yes, I know that which is why I want to  wait for my nephew to come over with his tech kit or whatever it's called, so he can boot up with a real XP home disk.  That way I won't lose my data.  Not that I'd be all that upset if I did because I've lost so much data in the last year  to bad CDs that I'm beyond the point of  freaking out about  lost data.  However, if at all possible, I'd like to save myself the work of reinstalling everything.

Besides, I haven't a clue how to boot up using a disk, especially when a computer has a black screen and you can't tell whether it's on or off like mine currently.

"It is good to see ourselves as others see us. Try as we may, we are never
able to know ourselves fully as we are, especially the evil side of us.
This we can do only if we are not angry with our critics but will take in good
heart whatever they might have to say." - Ghandi