is it better to repair, restore or reinstall

I would be very grateful to receive advice on the process that would take the least time to solve a problem XP.

I am running XP Pro SP3 on a Dell Vostro PC.  A week or two ago, I accidentally generated a BSOD when I removed a dvd from the drive while it was still read.  Later at this time there, I can say that several on my system has been corrupted.  I lost the majority of the Outlook Express emals (Inbox, sent, etc.), use one of the programs to burn a cd on start... freezes but most of the others work, as OE, IE, etc.

So if I have a PC that is most of the TIME work, I really need to get it back to full function.

I've never had to do a repair, restoration, etc... in fact, I tried to use system restore, but he could not identify the registry files that had been changed.

So, I guess I have these options:

1. run the Windows repair

2. I have an old disk image on an external drive (with the permission of Norton Save and Restore), so I could put that back on the PC of the year.

3 starting with Windows XP Reinstall... that part doesn't concern me, but I hate the amount of time needed to get all the settings back, two drivers of connected printer / scanner and related software, Office, etc.

Thank you for the thoughts of anyone... I love my computers when they are runnng, but dread the time needed to deal with them when they glitch!

I would be very grateful to receive advice on the process that would take the least time to solve a problem XP.

I am running XP Pro SP3 on a Dell Vostro PC.  A week or two ago, I accidentally generated a BSOD when I removed a dvd from the drive while it was still read.  Later at this time there, I can say that several on my system has been corrupted.  I lost the majority of the Outlook Express emals (Inbox, sent, etc.), use one of the programs to burn a cd on start... freezes but most of the others work, as OE, IE, etc.

So if I have a PC that is most of the TIME work, I really need to get it back to full function.

I've never had to do a repair, restoration, etc... in fact, I tried to use system restore, but he could not identify the registry files that had been changed.

So, I guess I have these options:

1. run the Windows repair

2. I have an old disk image on an external drive (with the permission of Norton Save and Restore), so I could put that back on the PC of the year.

3 starting with Windows XP Reinstall... that part doesn't concern me, but I hate the amount of time needed to get all the settings back, two drivers of connected printer / scanner and related software, Office, etc.

Thank you for the thoughts of anyone... I love my computers when they are runnng, but dread the time needed to deal with them when they glitch!

I would try the system restore. He can't help, but it shouldn't hurt.

Regarding the relocation, I almost always do not recommend this. It should be a last resort, made only after everything else has failed. With a minimum of care, should never be to reinstall Windows (XP or any other version). I ran Windows 3.0, 3.1, WFWG 3.11, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7 now, each for the period of time before the next release is out and everyone on two or more machines here. I never reinstalled none of them (with one exception--a problem that I worked on for weeks without success), and I've never had anything more than an occasional minor problem.

It is my belief that this erroneous notion comes from the technical support people in most of the major OEMs. Their solution to almost any problem, for they know not quickly answer is "reformat and reinstall. It is the ideal solution for them. It gets you phone turned off quickly, it almost always works, and it does not need to do any real troubleshooting (a skill that most of them has obviously not in any great degree).

But it leaves you with all the work and all the problems. You must restore all backups of your data, you must reinstall all of your programs, you must reinstall all Windows and updates of the application, you must locate and install all the necessary drivers for your system, you will need to recustomize Windows and all your applications to work the way you are comfortable with.

In addition to all these things being long and painful, you may encounter difficulties with some of them: you will find all your CDs application? You will find all the necessary installation codes? You have data backups to restore? You still remember all the customizations and settings that can be installed to make everything work the way you like it? Sometimes there are problems that are so difficult to resolve that Windows has to be reinstalled properly. But they are few and far between; RESETTLEMENT should not be a substitute for troubleshooting; It should be a last resort, to do that once all other troubleshooting by qualified person attempts have failed.

And perhaps most important: If you reformat and reinstall without knowing what caused your problem, you will most likely repeat the behavior that caused it and quickly find yourself in exactly the same situation.

If you have any problems, post the details of them here; It is likely that someone can help you and you won't have to reinstall.

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    14 install 0x00000001047b01ca Installer + 37322

    15 libdyld.dylib 0x00007fff977b25c9 start + 1

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    Installer: the Package name is Adobe Flash Player

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    2015-05-13 06:53:30-0700 [E] IM: installation failed with error code: 6.

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    [May 13 09:17:39 < the system name > s-MacBook-Pro - Installer [576] 2.local:-[IFDInstallController(Private) _buildInstallPlan]: location = file://localhost

    [May 13 09:17:39 < the system name > s-MacBook-Pro - Installer [576] 2.local:-[IFDInstallController(Private) _buildInstallPlan]: file://localhost/Volumes/Flash%20Player/Install%20Adobe%20Flash%20Player.app/Contents/Res ources/Adobe%20Flash%20Player.pkg#AdobeFlashPlayerComponent.pkg

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    Thank you.

    --

    Maria

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