basically, my windows xp got lots of spywares and maybe viruses, i tried to clean them, it didn’t work, so i got mad, deleted everything under the “windows” directory”, and copied all the files from the computer that i am using now.
anyway, it didn’t work, so i can’t run windows xp or install it on the old computer any more.
i know that all the files are still on the hard drive, except my “windows” directory which has all the files from another computer, and it is not bootable.
I am downloading linux right now, hopefully, it will let me to run my windows xp installation files again. but is this the best way to do it?
1. since the hard drive is not bootable, will it run the linux live cd when i put it in the cd-rom? the hard drive is acting like an external hard drive, it has windows files, but it can’t run as windows.
2. is there any other simpler ways to reinstall the windows xp files? I have a cd with all the necessary files and those xp installation files are still on the same hard drive. but those files can’t be started directly from the cd. i must run the setup.exe file first manually.
thanks.
