In brief, I have totally screwed up this computer. Or rather, my printer has. It wasn't installable on ME so I installed XP, which confused a whole bunch of file paths and generally messed up the pc. Now, my modem won't reinstall and my printer is just about the only thing that works properly - ironically. I've put 7 gigs of data onto CDs - about all the stuff I can't install again or need. Trouble is, my recovery disks are set for a windows 95 system, and won't work. So, this may take awhile. Which is really, REALLY annoying.
So now you know.
EDIT: whoops, wrong board.
Your sympathy was indeed overwhelming. I'm back! It was a painful process and I have to reinstall absolutely everything, but hey.
So, whoo.
Now, back to the lapse into decadence.
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