Welcome back MD. For getting your old files from the old machine look at the File Settings and Transfer Wizard. It's a new feature on XP but it will gather your files from your old machine. It will also bring along your OE files and hopefully they're salvagable.

Some links:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pro.../mgrtfset.mspx

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/u...ovember12.mspx

http://aumha.org/win5/a/fast.php