easiest way is to put your hard drive into another pc and transfer your pictures to the other computer and put them to a blank cd or dvd or even a usb stick storage device, thats if you have acess to another pc
if you have a windows instalation disk you can find instructions on how to use it to re install windows without deleting your files and its very easy to do as iv done it myself in the past
found this for you
Quote:
1. Start by placing your XP cd in the optical drive.
2. Reboot and make sure you are booting from CD.
3. Once Windows Setup is finished loading drivers and asks if you want to "Enter = Install Windows", "F3 = Quit Setup", or "R = Repair" you press Enter.
4. Next is the lovely EULA (End User License Agreement), read if you like then press F8.
5. After the EULA, Setup searchs for previous versions of Windows.
If you are using a XP Home disc, it will only find a previous Home install, and the same goes with XP Professional.
6. When it finds your install, you have the option to press Esc to a normal intall, F3 to quit setup, or R to Repair. Press R at this screen.
7. Here begins what appears to be a normal installation, have no fear, you won't lose any data outside of a standard Windows install.
This part is self-explanatory.
8. Yay! You're done when the install is done.
Just reactivate and fix your personal settings.
|
if you have one of these PC world or like wise machines that dont come with a windows xp disk it is most likely you only have an option to restore to factory settings which will remove all your data and restore the pc to as it was the day you bought it to which i would recomend you put your hard drive in another machine as a slave and copy what you want to keep to another computer