- Can someone tell me why WindowsXP cannot see itself?
- Posted by JohnnyB on December 30th, 2005
Hello,
Yesterday Windows started rebooting...
Tried safe mode.. no good.. still reboots.
Tried to boot off cd and run chkdsk /p
Chkdsk found errors corrected, but
still reboots.. ok try to do a repair install, but
for some reason it wants to install a fresh copy
and delete my exsisting windows folder. Huh??
I reboot back to command prompt. My Windows
folder is there, System32\config with all hives are
there, ntuser.dat is in my documents and settings
so what gives? What else is it looking for? It will
take me days to restore all my software.
Thanks for any info
Johnny Blackwell
- Posted by Carey Frisch [MVP] on December 30th, 2005
How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm
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"JohnnyB" wrote:
| Hello,
|
| Yesterday Windows started rebooting...
| Tried safe mode.. no good.. still reboots.
| Tried to boot off cd and run chkdsk /p
| Chkdsk found errors corrected, but
| still reboots.. ok try to do a repair install, but
| for some reason it wants to install a fresh copy
| and delete my exsisting windows folder. Huh??
| I reboot back to command prompt. My Windows
| folder is there, System32\config with all hives are
| there, ntuser.dat is in my documents and settings
| so what gives? What else is it looking for? It will
| take me days to restore all my software.
|
| Thanks for any info
|
| Johnny Blackwell
- Posted by JohnnyB on December 30th, 2005
On Fri, 30 Dec 2005 12:06:11 -0600, "Carey Frisch [MVP]"
<cnfrisch@nospamgmail.com> wrote:
>How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install
>http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm
My bad... it would help to use the right WindowsXP cd.
was using oem home trying to repair oem Professional.
all is well.
Johnny
