Hi Tracy, If you have Windows CD, just boot your computer from the disk, and run the repair wizard. This will not wipe out your hard drive, and all of your documents and program's settings will remain safe. Hope this helps. Zaheer Sheikh http://www.jfwcc.co.cc On 2/24/09, Tracy <teddybear25@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Good evening list, > > Last week my computer stopped booting up. It would start and hang up with > just a black screen. With some help we determined that Window was missing > some DLL files. I don't want to go through that again. I was sure I had > lost all my programs and would have to re-install them. > > running Windows XP Home, using Jaws 8 or 10 is it possible to back up the > entire hard drive onto an external hard drive, if yes how would I do that? > > thanks > > Tracy -- JFW related links: JFW homepage: http://www.freedomscientific.com/ Scripting mailing list: http://lists.the-jdh.com/listinfo.cgi/scriptography-the-jdh.com JFW List instructions: To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw Alternative archives located at: http://n2.nabble.com/JAWS-for-Windows-f2145279.html If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx