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There are times when you may have problems
with your pc. Sometimes these are somewhat minor, at other times they may be
major problems. When a major problem occurs and you cannot satisfactorily get
your machine working correctly, you have two basic options. A Clean Install or a
Repair. While a clean install may be rather drastic, the Repair option may get
you up and running in a shorter time.
The repair option simply renews all of the
operating system files, therefore all your personal data should remain intact.
However, there is always the first time for everything, so even before
attempting a repair make sure that you have 'backed up all valuable data' Better
to be safe than sorry.
1/ Before you proceed make sure that your
pc is set, via the BIOS, to be able to boot from a CD.
2/ If you cannot boot from your CD you can
always use a Windows 98/Me startup disk to begin the install. Boot to the
DOS 'A' prompt, making sure you select the option to install CD drivers.
Once at the 'A' prompt change the drive letter to that of your CD-ROM and then
locate the I386 Folder on the CD. Once you have changed to the I386
directory type, at the prompt, WINNT.EXE and press Enter.
3/ Insert your Windows XP CD into
the CD-ROM and reboot your PC
4/ Your system will reboot and the an
option will appear which sates 'Press any key to boot from CD'
5/ Press any key and the Windows XP setup
will begin to load from the CD
6/ At the 'Welcome to Setup' screen
press Enter
7/Setup will search your hard drive for
any copies of Windows. When it locates a copy you will be asked whether you wish
to Install a new copy or Repair
8/ In this instance press the 'Setup
Windows XP Now' option by pressing Enter
9/ On NO ACCOUNT press the
Repair option. At this stage this will only invoke the Recovery Console
and you do not want that option.
10/The licence agreement should be
the next thing that pops up on screen. Press F8 to accept the agreement
11/ In the next window you will see a list
of your hard drive. If you only have one copy of Windows installed this will be
all that is in the box. If you have multiple copies of Windows operating systems
these will also be displayed.
12/ Make sure the Windows copy you wish to
repair is highlighted and then Press the 'R' key to begin the repair
operation
13/ Now follow the onscreen instructions
to repair your installation
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