I would just like to add that most of the people who re-install Windows
in order to make it work again do so because they either don't want to
take the time to do a competent repair job, or they don't know how to do
a competent repair job. I have been running Windows since 1996,
upgraded from 3.1 to 95, then to 98, then to XP, which I have been using
for about 7 years. I have upgraded each time, not reinstalled, and I
still have email in here from the 90's.