Windows XP Repair Installation Hangs

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I'm guessing that means that I shouldn't download the file he recommends?
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Would you trust anyone that has been proven, by their own admissions as
well as their own hacked files, to have stolen the content from other
people and replaced their names with his own to give himself credit for
their work?

If you search for the mentioned file in GOOGLE GROUPS, you will find
that PCBUTTS claims he knows what that file is, that he personally added
it to his hackware, that he submitted the malware to various antimalware
sites - but, we've proven there is no file in the world that is named
"obatssrsghde.exe" it was a marker placed in the real authors file that
converts to "pcbuttsthief" if you just shift every lever 1 character...

Butts was/is too stupid to check and was busted.

Would you really trust someone that dishonest to do anything with your
computer?
 
Not sure where to put this anymore.

Anyway, after trying to use NT Offline Password Recovery to blank my
Administrator password again, I noticed that it could not write to my NTFS
partition because it had not been shut down correctly (probably due to the
first hang). This is also probably what's causing the install to hang.

Any ideas on how I can fix this without being able to boot Windows?
 
I tried the software you suggested. It allowed me to blank the Administrator
password and access the Recovery Console. I then proceeded to use the fixboot
and fixmbr commands. I then retried the reinstallation of Windows, but the
problem still occurred. Is there any way to fix this so the repair
installation can complete without issues?
 
too many issues
too much time
spent.

just format the
hard disk,

reinstall the o.s.

and move on.

it’s a simple resolution
that you had initially
conceived.


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Alright, that is probably the best solution at this point.

So...that leaves me with these questions: Where does Outlook 2003 store its
email?

And is there a way to deactivate iTunes without booting Windows?
 
outlooks default settings
would put the email boxes
on the system partition ;

unless you had the option
and opportunity to store
the email boxes off the
system partition.

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itunes will become
incapacitated when
the o.s. is reinstalled
as well as all other
programs.

this is because when you
install programs in windows
their files intertwine with
the operating system and
add themselves to the
registry.

so reinstalling the o.s.
will create a new registry
that has no references
to other programs.

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however, if you choose
to "reformat the disk" you
will wipe away all the
data from the hard drive,
including your outlook
mailboxes.

the hard drive will then
become a clean slate
after re formatting.

the reformatting will
ensure that there will
be no data on the disk
that will interfere with
the re installation of the
o.s.

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there are two things to
keep in mind when
reinstalling the o.s.

one is if your cd is
a full version or upgrade.

if it is an upgrade edition,
you will need to provide
an older version of windows
to validate the upgrade
installation.

and two - does your
computer require specialty
drivers and software from
its maker.

windows has many drivers
in it, but the makers of
computers also have their
own that are specifically
designed for their brand
of computers.


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anoyed said:
Alright, that is probably the best solution at this point.

So...that leaves me with these questions: Where does Outlook 2003 store its
email?

And is there a way to deactivate iTunes without booting Windows?
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I understand all of that, but:

Where is the exact location of Outlook's emails so I can rescue them before
doing a reformat.

And iTunes need to be deauthorized to play my music so that I can reautorize
it after the reinstall. Otherwise, I don't think I can ever change my
authorized computers, and when I run out, I won't be able to play purchased
music anymore. (Yes, I can work around this, but if someone knows a way to do
this, then I want to try that.)
 
"C:\Documents and Settings\<user account>\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook\Outlook.pst"

the default location
is similar to the above.

you would want to
copy all .pst files
onto a cd or onto
a different partition,
if you have one.

regarding itunes,
I don't use it but
I guess you can
trust your
judgement.


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Yes, I will do a clean install now. I have spent too much time trying to fix
this issue. I am going right now to reformat the drive.

As far as slipstreaming goes, I'm not ready to lock myself into Service Pack
3 yet, just in case I have a reason to go back to Service Pack 2 in the
future, I want the uninstall option available.

Hopefully this install will last. I had to do a reformat back in March
because the computuer wouldn't boot. (The boot loader was corrupt.) Wheather
its a hardware problem or the fact that I work that compuuter way too hard,
I'm not sure, but if you had as many problems as me, you would understand my
unwillingness to do a complete reformat.
 
Well, the clean install is done. It went perfectly. Now I just have to
reinstall all of my programs. And, as I said before, hopefully this one lasts.
 
Once all your software is reinstalled, updated and setup just the way
you like, make an image backup of your hard disc (or system partition.)
You'll never have to reinstall Windows again.
 
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