Repair the Windows XP installation

Friday 18th April 2008 9:40 AM

So you have some problems and files are either missing, damaged or changed which is stopping your PC from booting up, don't want to format your hard disk, you just want to repair the installation, here goes!

REPAIR A WINDOWS XP INSTALLATION

1. Boot the computer using your Windows XP CD. You will probably need to change the boot order in the system BIOS. Check your system documentation for steps to access the BIOS and change the boot order or use the contact us form and tell PCFella what kit you have and we'll try find out for you.
2. When you see the "Welcome To Setup" screen, you will see the options below This portion of the Setup program prepares Microsoft Windows XP to run on your computer:
To setup Windows XP now, press ENTER.
To repair a Windows XP installation using Recovery Console, press R.
To quit Setup without installing Windows XP, press F3.
3. Press Enter to start the Windows Setup, do not choose "To repair a Windows XP installation using the Recovery Console, press R", (you do not want to load Recovery Console).
4. Accept the License Agreement and Windows will search for existing Windows installations.
5. Select the XP installation you want to repair from the list and press R to start the repair.
6. Setup will copy the necessary files to the hard drive and reboot.
Do not press any key to boot from CD if the message appears.
Setup will continue as if it were doing a clean install, but your
applications and settings will remain intact.
7. Reapply updates or service packs applied since initial Windows XP installation. Please note that a Repair Install using an Original
pre service pack 1 or 2 XP CD used as the install media will remove SP1/SP2 respectively and service packs plus updates issued after the service packs will need to be reapplied.
If your CD did not include SP2 then you will need to download it from Microsoft, This is the Service Pack 2 link.
Copy and paste link into your browser.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=049C9DBE-3B8E-4F30-8245-9E368D3CDB5A&displaylang=en

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