How to recover when xp won't load?

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When earlier Windows versions failed to load there was always DOS to
provide a platform from which to advance.

As there is (reputedly) no DOS in xp, what does one do to effect
repairs when xp fails to load in safe mode?
 
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When earlier Windows versions failed to load there was always DOS to
provide a platform from which to advance.

As there is (reputedly) no DOS in xp, what does one do to effect
repairs when xp fails to load in safe mode?
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Recovery Console or Repair Installation. I recommend not bothering with the
former and only mucking about with the latter in 9 out of 10 instances.

Repair Installation of XP:
http://kgiii.info/windows/XP/general/xprepair.html

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Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
http://dts-l.org/
http://kgiii.info/

"We approached the case, you remember, with an absolutely blank mind,
which is always an advantage. We had formed no theories. We were simply
there to observe and to draw inferences from our observations." -
Sherlock Holmes
 
Thanks - I infer that there is *no* option for making a small
adjustment to a file or a few files. A whole reinstall 'over the top'
(according to the recipe on your (or the MS) web sites is the only
option. Right?

My instinctive alternative is to keep a copy of DOS on a floppy but
this brings us back to the beginning which is that DOS won't run on
NTFS.

I feel deprived. :(

But I like XP's greater stability and efficiency at PnP. Maybe the
right choice is to install XP on FAT32.
 
John said:
Thanks - I infer that there is *no* option for making a small
adjustment to a file or a few files. A whole reinstall 'over the top'
(according to the recipe on your (or the MS) web sites is the only
option. Right?
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No, he said "Repair" not "Reinstall". Those are two very different tasks.
My instinctive alternative is to keep a copy of DOS on a floppy but
this brings us back to the beginning which is that DOS won't run on
NTFS.

I feel deprived. :(

But I like XP's greater stability and efficiency at PnP. Maybe the
right choice is to install XP on FAT32.
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Send FAT32 to the obsolete bin. You try "Safe Mode" first. If that won't
work, you try "Repair" next. Failing that, the only choice is "Reinstall".
I seldom if ever need to doing any of these things.
Jim
 
In John had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
Thanks - I infer that there is *no* option for making a small
adjustment to a file or a few files. A whole reinstall 'over the top'
(according to the recipe on your (or the MS) web sites is the only
option. Right?

My instinctive alternative is to keep a copy of DOS on a floppy but
this brings us back to the beginning which is that DOS won't run on
NTFS.

I feel deprived. :(

But I like XP's greater stability and efficiency at PnP. Maybe the
right choice is to install XP on FAT32.
Click to expand...

That's generally the idea... On the other hand...

NTFS4DOS:
http://www.datapol.de/dpe/freeware/

--
Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
http://dts-l.org/
http://kgiii.info/

"We approached the case, you remember, with an absolutely blank mind,
which is always an advantage. We had formed no theories. We were simply
there to observe and to draw inferences from our observations." -
Sherlock Holmes
 
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