Jim
April 15th 03, 08:45 PM
>-----Original Message-----
>I have recently upgraded to a new motherboard and CPU. I
originally used
>win98 and XP Home dual boot.
>
>After transferring my harddisks to the new machine, win98
booted up alright
>and managed to re-configure itself with all the new
drivers. XP Home just
>kept re-starting itself if I started in normal mode. It
hanged (after
>apparently de-compressing a bunch of files) if I started
it in safe mode.
>
>Q1: I first tried to re-install using the bootable XP
Home CDRom. It
>detected that I already had XP Home and asked me if I
wanted to "restore" or
>do a clean install.
>
>I hit 'R' to restore and it asked me for an administrator
password. I had 4
>users accounts set up previously, say A, B, C & D and A &
B had
>adminstrative rights enabled. I didnt set up an user
account called
>'Administrator'.
>
>If I didn't enter the password and just hit return, I
ended with a DOS
>prompt. No further action from XP Home. If I enter the
password for user A
>(set up as administrator), it said the password was
incorrect. Users B, C
>and D were set up without the need of a password.
>
>What must I do to get 'restore' to work?
>
>Q2: I am sure a clean install will be ok because I tried
it successfully in
>another harddisk. However, this is the last thing I want
to do on my
>existing XP partition because I will have to re-install
everything. Is there
>any way around this and get my XP Home back in working
condition?
>
>Thank you.
>
>AC
>.
>What you did is for using the Recovery Console. To do
just a repair re-install you hit the enter key at
the "Welcome to Setup" screen, then select operating
system from a list (if more than 1 XP installed) then you
press the R key to do a repair install of XP. Check this
site; http://www.theeldergeek.com/repairing_windows_xp.htm
>I have recently upgraded to a new motherboard and CPU. I
originally used
>win98 and XP Home dual boot.
>
>After transferring my harddisks to the new machine, win98
booted up alright
>and managed to re-configure itself with all the new
drivers. XP Home just
>kept re-starting itself if I started in normal mode. It
hanged (after
>apparently de-compressing a bunch of files) if I started
it in safe mode.
>
>Q1: I first tried to re-install using the bootable XP
Home CDRom. It
>detected that I already had XP Home and asked me if I
wanted to "restore" or
>do a clean install.
>
>I hit 'R' to restore and it asked me for an administrator
password. I had 4
>users accounts set up previously, say A, B, C & D and A &
B had
>adminstrative rights enabled. I didnt set up an user
account called
>'Administrator'.
>
>If I didn't enter the password and just hit return, I
ended with a DOS
>prompt. No further action from XP Home. If I enter the
password for user A
>(set up as administrator), it said the password was
incorrect. Users B, C
>and D were set up without the need of a password.
>
>What must I do to get 'restore' to work?
>
>Q2: I am sure a clean install will be ok because I tried
it successfully in
>another harddisk. However, this is the last thing I want
to do on my
>existing XP partition because I will have to re-install
everything. Is there
>any way around this and get my XP Home back in working
condition?
>
>Thank you.
>
>AC
>.
>What you did is for using the Recovery Console. To do
just a repair re-install you hit the enter key at
the "Welcome to Setup" screen, then select operating
system from a list (if more than 1 XP installed) then you
press the R key to do a repair install of XP. Check this
site; http://www.theeldergeek.com/repairing_windows_xp.htm