Well I've posted my problem in numerous forums and such and have found no help whatsoever so hopefully this place can be my lucky break. hello.gif

Anyway, my registry is all screwed up, totally and majorly, and I have no CD's for my computer anymore, how I don't, I don't know why considering my older brother must've done something with them because I didn't touch them. My computer will not allow me to view, resize, or modify digital camera pictures properly and Windows Explorer does not work properly anymore as well. I can't really explain anything much more than that other than I know that it's something dealing with the registry because I was stupid and probably deleted something impossible to get back. I have already tried 2-3 different backup programs and have wasted around 7-10 CD's because the backup programs will not work. I've tried emailing the pictures to myself but due to the large file sizes and numerous numbers of folders it's pretty much impossible, EVEN IF I DO COMPRESS THEM! I've pretty much tried everything except completely swiping the computer and starting from a clean slate but before I can do that I have to get rid of my important picture files because they mean a lot to me and I can't just dispose of them. I have around 2000+ digital camera files (Yeah...save the Holy Crap!!!'s) that I will not allow to be erased along with everything else, like programs that I can get back, but pictures I cannot. But like I said before, I have no CD's to go along with my computer and someone suggested the destruction mode thing on startup that does not require me to have any cd's but I can't do that until I figure out a way to get these pictures off. If anyone has a solution for me, please tell me because my computer has been like this for over two months and I'm fed up with it because I can't even do things with the pictures (like make graphics or send to friends or upload) without something stupid happening.
Please and thank you.

Are all your pictures in the My Pictures folder?

If so cannot you select all (Ctrl A) and choose Move to... and choose your CD burner.

If you cannot do that you might try downloading and running Knoppix in order to access your drive outside of Windows and see if you can move like that.

http://www.shockfamily.net/cedric/knoppix/

If that still is not possible slaving this hard drive on another computer should give you access to the files.

In the long run you will need an XP CD in order to reinstall XP.

One thing you could try in repairing the current installation is to run check disk:

start | Run cmd

Type: chkdsk /f

You will be told that you cannot do this as the files are in use > Do you want to run on next boot? Y or N

Type: y and then reboot.