I had a problem with my main hard drive, a 160 gig WD with 3 partitions,
all ntfs formatted, and had to use a 3rd party partition recovery tool. When
I finally got the XP drive back up, Windows ran an extensive file checkdisk,
in which it found most file were misnumbered and deleted and recovered most.
The trouble is, it didn't repair extensively, and now I'm seeing alot of
problems, but I'm not sure if I need to reinstall everything (about 5 years
worth of stuff on here) or can I get away with reinstalling just Windows as a
repair installation?
Some of the more specific problems:

1) When I first got back on, it logged me in as a temp because the admin
file, wheile detected, wasn't in the correct format for reading or writing to
the registry.

2) Office XP programs couldn't be used, and I had to reinstall Office.

3) Some of my programs start as if they're going to open, then close out
completely.

4) Visual Studio can't find files necessary to open the development
environment.

5) AOL's internet connection can't connect me to the internet, instead
giving me a windows with a * in the upper corner of the window. It still
connects for maiwel and stuff, but internet got goofed up...luckily, we
recently got a cable modem, so I don't rely on AOL like we used to.

I've got no problem with doing a repair install of Windows, but I'm not
looking forward to a fresh install. It took me 5 years to get this thing
right where I want it, and I'd druther not start from scratch.

Please reply to jimcomfort@adelphia.net instead of the msn address when
replying.

Thanks.

If you don't want to reinstall everything then your only option is to do a
repair install and hope that all your stuff is basically still there. If
not - oh well.

"Jim Comfort" <Jim Comfort@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I had a problem with my main hard drive, a 160 gig WD with 3 partitions,
> all ntfs formatted, and had to use a 3rd party partition recovery tool.
> When
> I finally got the XP drive back up, Windows ran an extensive file
> checkdisk,
> in which it found most file were misnumbered and deleted and recovered
> most.
> The trouble is, it didn't repair extensively, and now I'm seeing alot of
> problems, but I'm not sure if I need to reinstall everything (about 5
> years
> worth of stuff on here) or can I get away with reinstalling just Windows
> as a
> repair installation?
> Some of the more specific problems:
>
> 1) When I first got back on, it logged me in as a temp because the admin
> file, wheile detected, wasn't in the correct format for reading or writing
> to
> the registry.
>
> 2) Office XP programs couldn't be used, and I had to reinstall Office.
>
> 3) Some of my programs start as if they're going to open, then close out
> completely.
>
> 4) Visual Studio can't find files necessary to open the development
> environment.
>
> 5) AOL's internet connection can't connect me to the internet, instead
> giving me a windows with a * in the upper corner of the window. It still
> connects for maiwel and stuff, but internet got goofed up...luckily, we
> recently got a cable modem, so I don't rely on AOL like we used to.
>
> I've got no problem with doing a repair install of Windows, but I'm not
> looking forward to a fresh install. It took me 5 years to get this thing
> right where I want it, and I'd druther not start from scratch.
>
> Please reply to jimcomfort@adelphia.net instead of the msn address when
> replying.
>
> Thanks.

Jerry wrote:

<<If you don't want to reinstall everything then your only option is to do a
repair install and hope that all your stuff is basically still there. If not
- oh well.>>

That's what I was afraid of. Ok, that leaves me with another question.
My XP cd is XP Pro w/ SP1, but I had downloaded and installed SP2. Will
arepair install still work or do I need an SP2 cd?

Jim

You will need an SP2 CD -see here:
http://michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

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"Jim Comfort" <JimComfort@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Jerry wrote:
>
> <<If you don't want to reinstall everything then your only option is
> to do a
> repair install and hope that all your stuff is basically still there.
> If not
> - oh well.>>
>
> That's what I was afraid of. Ok, that leaves me with another
> question.
> My XP cd is XP Pro w/ SP1, but I had downloaded and installed SP2.
> Will
> arepair install still work or do I need an SP2 cd?

You are allowed to recreate your XP install CD so that SP2 is included on
it. This is known as "slipstreaming!"


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> Jim
>
> You will need an SP2 CD -see here:
> http://michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm
>
> --
>
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Gerry
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> "Jim Comfort" <JimComfort@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>> Jerry wrote:
>>
>> <<If you don't want to reinstall everything then your only option is to
>> do a
>> repair install and hope that all your stuff is basically still there. If
>> not
>> - oh well.>>
>>
>> That's what I was afraid of. Ok, that leaves me with another question.
>> My XP cd is XP Pro w/ SP1, but I had downloaded and installed SP2. Will
>> arepair install still work or do I need an SP2 cd?
>

Yves

Thanks for making the point. Something I need to do for myself.

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"Yves Leclerc" <yleclercNOSPAM@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
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> You are allowed to recreate your XP install CD so that SP2 is included
> on it. This is known as "slipstreaming!"
>
>
> "Gerry Cornell" <gcjc@tenretnitb.com> wrote in message
> news:uivXXXK3FHA.3588@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>> Jim
>>
>> You will need an SP2 CD -see here:
>> http://michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm
>>
>> --
>>
>>
>> Hope this helps.
>>
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>> "Jim Comfort" <JimComfort@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:AC7B56BB-7D17-4C58-B662-23CC8DEE9F69@microsoft.com...
>>> Jerry wrote:
>>>
>>> <<If you don't want to reinstall everything then your only option is
>>> to do a
>>> repair install and hope that all your stuff is basically still
>>> there. If not
>>> - oh well.>>
>>>
>>> That's what I was afraid of. Ok, that leaves me with another
>>> question.
>>> My XP cd is XP Pro w/ SP1, but I had downloaded and installed SP2.
>>> Will
>>> arepair install still work or do I need an SP2 cd?
>>
>
>