xp problem, won't get past load screen

[Artest]

Messd up Windows, was scanning for viruses, got loads then instead of moving to vault I instructed the scanner to delete them. Then realised all the viruses were from windows/system32. Now my PC won't start, it restarts everytime it get past the loading screen. Can't start in safe mode/last good configuration either. Tried Windows repair, still won't work.

Don't want to reinstall Windows, any advice?

 

[Artest]

what av did you use?

avast

Yeah I've seen this happen a few times which is why it is often quicker and easier to reinstall rather than trying to remove. Is a reinstall an option or do you have files to recover first?

just need to recover my photos, about 10gigs of them, and some other files in my documents. so I did (re)installed xp on a separate hard drive(e:/) in hoping i could recover my photos, but when i went to the folder c:/documents and settings/(my name) it says "access denied" FML. how can i get my photos/files back.

 

[Artest]

Ah great, thanks. That worked.