Chris Posted May 20, 2004 Report Share Posted May 20, 2004 (Please wait whilst images load)If you find that Windows XP is behaving oddly or you are met with an error message that you cannot seem to budge. You might consider repairing a Windows XP installation.The repair installation will simply reinstall Windows XP, but your documents, applications should remain intact. So once the repair installation has completed you can pretty much continue to use Windows XP without installing any applications.The Exception: Any previous installed Service Packs and Windows Updates will have to reinstalled.Before you attempt to repair a Windows XP installion it's advisable to make any appropriate backups.To repair a Windows XP installation...Boot from the XP CDWhen you boot from the CD you will have to to Press any key to boot from CD failure to do so will not boot from the CD and you cannot continue with the repair installation So when you are asked simply press any key. [see pic below]Now your computer's hardware configuration will be inspected. [see pic below]The Windows Setup will now load all files that are needed. [see pic below]Now as were Repairing Windows XP Home Edition press Enter Do not get confused with a repair installation and the recovery console. [see pic below]Now you will have to accept a License Agreement to use Windows XP, so press F8 to Accept. [see pic below]The Windows Setup will then look for previous versions of Windows. [see pic below]Now as were repairing a Windows XP installation press R [see pic below]Now files should be copied to the Windows XP installation folders. [see pic below]Your computer will now be restarted in 15 seconds however by pressing ENTER you can force a restart. [see pic below]Windows XP should then start to Install just as it did when you first installed XP. The difference however is that your documents, applications should remain intact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy-2004 Posted May 20, 2004 Report Share Posted May 20, 2004 Id like to be first to say,Well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted May 20, 2004 Report Share Posted May 20, 2004 As with all your tutorials, powerless - excellent!!!!!!Potentially very useful but I hope none of us ever have to use it :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spikeychris Posted May 22, 2004 Report Share Posted May 22, 2004 I saw this as an email and it was in parts so Part 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ellas Posted May 22, 2004 Report Share Posted May 22, 2004 any chance of telling us whats fantastic and who matey is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christmascracker Posted May 22, 2004 Report Share Posted May 22, 2004 :unsure: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christmascracker Posted May 22, 2004 Report Share Posted May 22, 2004 Ah ha!!! Got it! :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nellie2 Posted May 22, 2004 Report Share Posted May 22, 2004 I've done this a lot when i was having my problems...... good tutorial as ever Powerless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brandon Posted May 22, 2004 Report Share Posted May 22, 2004 When I did a repair with Win2k, I didn't have to re-download SP4, I only had to download the hotfixes. Maybe 2k is different from XP in hat aspect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted May 23, 2004 Report Share Posted May 23, 2004 Very useful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cliffordian Posted March 21, 2007 Report Share Posted March 21, 2007 thanhs unfortunately i only have a recovery disk which does not let me just re-install windows without losing everything else / i have an old xp pro disk would it work with this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarecrow Man Posted March 21, 2007 Report Share Posted March 21, 2007 thanhs unfortunately i only have a recovery disk which does not let me just re-install windows without losing everything else / i have an old xp pro disk would it work with this?If your current machine is XP Pro, it should work just fine. This process just repairs system files, and does not change any settings or modify any programs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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