Need to repair XP Home

[tim]

Hi

I've recently had a problem with XP Home addition
(upgrade version) as it started, got as far as trying to
bring up the user select screen, then crashed and
rebooted. Non of the boot options (las known good,
safemode etc) solved this so I need to use the repair
console.
I've booted from the CD and got to the command
prompt.....but I dont know what to do here - is there a
suggested method from here on? I'd happily stop all the
device drivers and take it from there...just need to get
it running again!!

Failing that I'll rebuild, but when I investigated this I
had a few worries. My machine is dual boot. I have my
original 2gb HD which still runs Win98 (oem). I got a new
HDD, put it in, and somehow loaded XP onto the new disk.
When I've tried to re-install, I get something along the
lines of 'insert your old win 98 disk', which I cannot.

Any guidance? All thoughts and comments appreciated.

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

Tim;
Repair Installation:
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/xp_repair_install.htm
You will also need your Windows 98 CD or whatever you used for
qualifying media for the upgrade.

 

[tim]

Jupiter
Thanks for the link. If you read on though, you'l see
that my copy of 98 is OEM, thus I have no disk to qualify
the install. Installed XP OK once, why not again?
Next suggestion?

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

I am unsure unless you used someone else's CD!
You may want to contact the computer manufacturer to see if it is
possible they send you a recovery CD.

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Jupiter Jones [MVP]
An easier way to read newsgroup messages:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/newsgroups/setup.asp
http://dts-l.org/index.html

 

[Don Parker]

I'd try the repair anyway... it may accept the copy of XP on the hard drive
as qualifying media... unless it's REALLY badly messed up.