Amy Kasmar
April 29th 03, 06:46 PM
Hope this helps.... Here is an answer to how do I
perform a repair install of WinXP without losing all of
my other programs and their links to my registry? I
just did this Friday and yesterday and it worked great!
See MS Knowledge Base Article 315341. Check out 312369
and 301224 first if you have WinXP without SP1 so you do
not lose your settings and links again. Here is an
excerpt from 315341, the procedure I followed succesfully:
0.Change your PC to boot from CD-ROM first.
1.Insert WinXP CD. When the "Press any key to boot from
CD" message is displayed on the screen, pressa key to
start your PC from the CD.
2.The following message is displayed on the Welcome to
Setup screen that appears:
This portion of the Setup program prepares Microsoft
Windows XP to run on your computer:
To setup Windows XP now, press ENTER.
To repair....
To quit Setup....
Press ENTER to set up Windows XP.
3. On the Windows XP licensing Agreement scrreen, press
F8 to agree to the license agreement.
4. Make sure that your current installation of Windows XP
is selected in the box, and then press R to repair
Windows XP.
5. Follow the instructions on the remaining screens to
reinstall Windows XP........After your done reinstall all
updates to Windows via Windows Updates.
>-----Original Message-----
>
>Peter,
>
>Thanks for the help but it didn't work either. Soooo
>how do I perform a repair install of WinXP without
>losing all of my other programs and their links to my
>registry? I have tried to reinstall XP on top of an
>eariler instalation of XP and although I could see all
of
>my other program folders I lost all of their links to
the
>registry, and had to do a complete reformat of my c
>drive......If there is a repair install for XP where can
>I get the info to preform this procedure?
>
>Thanks
>Al
>
>Hi,
>
>Try this way:
>
>Double-click MY COMPUTER, then right-click on your drive
>and select
>PROPERTIES > DISK CLEANUP > MORE OPTIONS > SYSTEM
RESTORE
>CLEANUP
>
>or click Start/All Programs/accessaries/system tools/
>disk clean up, when the dialogue box appears, click
>confirm then click the more options tab and select
system
>restore cleanup box and then click confirm.
>
>If still no luck, you may need to perform a repair
>install of XP.
>
>Peter
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>Dear Mr Jupiter Jones,
>>I tried your fixes and neither one worked.
>>I couldn't turn off system restore from Start/All
>>Programs/Accessories/System Tools/System Restore, as
>when
>>I click on the system restore button nothing happens,
it
>>won't open at all. I had to go to the Control
>>Panel/System/System Restore Tab to try and turn off
>system
>>restore, but it said Windows ran into a problem and to
>>restart windows to try again. I tried it 3 times and
>>always got the same response.
>>The second fix I tried just didn't work. It went
through
>>and checked all the .dll's and then stoped. But nothing
>>changed. Do you have any other suggestions? Thanks for
>>your help.
>>Al
>>
>>Al;
>>"System Volume Information" (normally a hidden file) is
>>what the file
>>is called.
>>
>>Turn off/on System Restore to delete corrupted files:
>>Start/All Programs/Accessories/System Tools/System
>Restore.
>>Click System Restore Settings on left side.
>>Check "Turn off System Restore", click OK, follow
>prompts
>>and reboot.
>>This deletes all Restore Points including corruption.
>>Then go back and turn on system Restore.
>>Otherwise:
>>http://microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?
>>url=/technet/itcommunity/Newsgroups/FAQSRWXP.asp
>>
>>If this does not resolve the issue:
>>Start/Run, type "cmd", then Enter.
>>Type "sfc /scannow", follow prompts.
>>You may need the Windows XP CD.
>>
>>--
>>Jupiter Jones
>>An easier way to read newsgroup messages:
>>http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/newsgroups/
s
>et
>>up.asp
>>Please respond to newsgroup only for everyone's benefit.
>>
>>
>>"Al Maloney" > wrote in message
...
>>> I have lost my restore program in WinXP. When I click
>on
>>> the icon for System Restore nothing happens. I think
>that
>>> I may have renamed the file that saves the restore
>points
>>> but I can't remember what the original name of the
file
>>> was. It was being stored on another drive and I
>thought
>>it
>>> was a junk file, but like I said Nothing happens when
I
>>> try to start the restore program. Can someone PLEASE
>help
>>> me with this? TIA
>>
>>
>>.
>>
>..
>
>
>.
>
perform a repair install of WinXP without losing all of
my other programs and their links to my registry? I
just did this Friday and yesterday and it worked great!
See MS Knowledge Base Article 315341. Check out 312369
and 301224 first if you have WinXP without SP1 so you do
not lose your settings and links again. Here is an
excerpt from 315341, the procedure I followed succesfully:
0.Change your PC to boot from CD-ROM first.
1.Insert WinXP CD. When the "Press any key to boot from
CD" message is displayed on the screen, pressa key to
start your PC from the CD.
2.The following message is displayed on the Welcome to
Setup screen that appears:
This portion of the Setup program prepares Microsoft
Windows XP to run on your computer:
To setup Windows XP now, press ENTER.
To repair....
To quit Setup....
Press ENTER to set up Windows XP.
3. On the Windows XP licensing Agreement scrreen, press
F8 to agree to the license agreement.
4. Make sure that your current installation of Windows XP
is selected in the box, and then press R to repair
Windows XP.
5. Follow the instructions on the remaining screens to
reinstall Windows XP........After your done reinstall all
updates to Windows via Windows Updates.
>-----Original Message-----
>
>Peter,
>
>Thanks for the help but it didn't work either. Soooo
>how do I perform a repair install of WinXP without
>losing all of my other programs and their links to my
>registry? I have tried to reinstall XP on top of an
>eariler instalation of XP and although I could see all
of
>my other program folders I lost all of their links to
the
>registry, and had to do a complete reformat of my c
>drive......If there is a repair install for XP where can
>I get the info to preform this procedure?
>
>Thanks
>Al
>
>Hi,
>
>Try this way:
>
>Double-click MY COMPUTER, then right-click on your drive
>and select
>PROPERTIES > DISK CLEANUP > MORE OPTIONS > SYSTEM
RESTORE
>CLEANUP
>
>or click Start/All Programs/accessaries/system tools/
>disk clean up, when the dialogue box appears, click
>confirm then click the more options tab and select
system
>restore cleanup box and then click confirm.
>
>If still no luck, you may need to perform a repair
>install of XP.
>
>Peter
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>Dear Mr Jupiter Jones,
>>I tried your fixes and neither one worked.
>>I couldn't turn off system restore from Start/All
>>Programs/Accessories/System Tools/System Restore, as
>when
>>I click on the system restore button nothing happens,
it
>>won't open at all. I had to go to the Control
>>Panel/System/System Restore Tab to try and turn off
>system
>>restore, but it said Windows ran into a problem and to
>>restart windows to try again. I tried it 3 times and
>>always got the same response.
>>The second fix I tried just didn't work. It went
through
>>and checked all the .dll's and then stoped. But nothing
>>changed. Do you have any other suggestions? Thanks for
>>your help.
>>Al
>>
>>Al;
>>"System Volume Information" (normally a hidden file) is
>>what the file
>>is called.
>>
>>Turn off/on System Restore to delete corrupted files:
>>Start/All Programs/Accessories/System Tools/System
>Restore.
>>Click System Restore Settings on left side.
>>Check "Turn off System Restore", click OK, follow
>prompts
>>and reboot.
>>This deletes all Restore Points including corruption.
>>Then go back and turn on system Restore.
>>Otherwise:
>>http://microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?
>>url=/technet/itcommunity/Newsgroups/FAQSRWXP.asp
>>
>>If this does not resolve the issue:
>>Start/Run, type "cmd", then Enter.
>>Type "sfc /scannow", follow prompts.
>>You may need the Windows XP CD.
>>
>>--
>>Jupiter Jones
>>An easier way to read newsgroup messages:
>>http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/newsgroups/
s
>et
>>up.asp
>>Please respond to newsgroup only for everyone's benefit.
>>
>>
>>"Al Maloney" > wrote in message
...
>>> I have lost my restore program in WinXP. When I click
>on
>>> the icon for System Restore nothing happens. I think
>that
>>> I may have renamed the file that saves the restore
>points
>>> but I can't remember what the original name of the
file
>>> was. It was being stored on another drive and I
>thought
>>it
>>> was a junk file, but like I said Nothing happens when
I
>>> try to start the restore program. Can someone PLEASE
>help
>>> me with this? TIA
>>
>>
>>.
>>
>..
>
>
>.
>