Argh! AKICIF

[lexin]

The situation with my desktop is getting worse. Now I have blue screens of death popping up and the big question as I see it is do I cut to the chase and reinstall Windows now, or fiddle about with it some more.

Thoughts from those who know more about computers that me - is this a lost cause or is there in any mileage in continuing to play with it?

ETA: I ran the diagnostics software which came with my PC and that indicates that it's an error on the hard drive, for which the only fix is to reinstall the OS. Botheration! I was hoping to avoid that.

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[lexin]

I'm all right about opening the case, but I'm running XP. However, I've taken the extreme solution and reinstalled the software, which seems to be running OK so far. I've still several programs to install, though.