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Old June 8th 21, 07:25 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Paul[_32_]
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Default O.T. Missing Folder/files

Robert in CA wrote:
This is my F8 screen:

https://postimg.cc/bs6JXwvt

Robert


Yes, I figured as much.

I mean, when you look at the F8 screen,
what's the most likely thing to fail ?

The reagentc part.

*******

I'm not finding anything to help me here.

I see your picture with \preload, base.wim and base2.wim.

I don't particularly want to be fooling around
with imagex commands.

I see a "factorysetup.cmd", a shell script.

I also see a \boot folder, which probably has
a BCD in it, and that's the BCD of the moment
(the boot menu).

*******

OK, here's what we can try. Last post down.
I just found this, after a lot of searches
giving me no Dell-specific help.

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...0-c5bb774ba227

"I found out that in order to restore the

'Repair your computer'

option, I had to execute (as Administrator)

reagentc /enable

I now have the option back on my
Advanced boot options, but thanks anyway!"

You can do commands such as

reagentc /info

first if you want, as this can indicate whether
the setup is ready to enable or not. This particular
Windows 7 setup has no particular merits - it's just
the first Windows 7 I could lay hands on. But at
least it shows you what kind of info is in there.

https://i.postimg.cc/jS1J2jC0/reagentc.gif

I'd always thought, this was mostly for automated
repair after a boot failure, but it seems to be more
than that.

Steps:

1) Boot the Windows 7 on that hard drive.
2) Open Administrator Command Prompt
reagentc /info
reagentc /enable
3) Reboot, pressing F8 and see if the top item is
now the "Repair Your Computer" thing or not.

Paul






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