Kirsten, could'nt you borrow an external hardrive to save the files you need and just reformat your current hard drive and reinstall XP? It would save you the expense of a new computer. If you dont need to save any files on your current computer just reformat and reinstall XP.

If you do buy a new computer, you could use the old computer to try another operating system other then what Windows offers. Im currently using 3 computers with different OS, XP Pro, Ubuntu desktop, and Ubuntu Server.