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repair setup failed
Hello,
i had to do a repair set up of xp, when it goes to copying files during setup it sipped right to registering components & then savving settign then when it booted kept restarting pc. i left it for 1 day & keep restarting, i try repair again no dice, i cant do a clean install got to many important stuff on drive, is there anything else? i have sp3 but cd was sp2 then i did slipstream sp3 cd try repair install no dice, Please help thanks |
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repair setup failed
On Sep 18, 8:06*am, "Joe S." no@email wrote:
Hello, *i had to do a repair set up of xp, when it goes to copying files during setup it sipped right to registering components & then savving settign then when it booted kept restarting pc. i *left it for 1 day & keep restarting, i try repair again no dice, i cant do a clean install got to many important stuff on drive, is there anything else? i have sp3 but cd was sp2 then i did slipstream sp3 cd try repair install no dice, Please help thanks You can install XP into the virtually the same space as the "screwed" one was using. It's a choice when installing XP. You WILL have to re- install some stuff in the program files but stand-alone stuff will be OK. Can you get into "safe mode"? If so go in and copy your stuff onto a data stick/external hard drive/partition. |
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repair setup failed
hi sandy
no i cant get into safe mode it starts to load then pc reboots, "sandy58" wrote in message ... On Sep 18, 8:06 am, "Joe S." no@email wrote: Hello, i had to do a repair set up of xp, when it goes to copying files during setup it sipped right to registering components & then savving settign then when it booted kept restarting pc. i left it for 1 day & keep restarting, i try repair again no dice, i cant do a clean install got to many important stuff on drive, is there anything else? i have sp3 but cd was sp2 then i did slipstream sp3 cd try repair install no dice, Please help thanks You can install XP into the virtually the same space as the "screwed" one was using. It's a choice when installing XP. You WILL have to re- install some stuff in the program files but stand-alone stuff will be OK. Can you get into "safe mode"? If so go in and copy your stuff onto a data stick/external hard drive/partition. |
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Joe S. wrote:
Hello, i had to do a repair set up of xp, when it goes to copying files during setup it sipped right to registering components & then savving settign then when it booted kept restarting pc. i left it for 1 day & keep restarting, i try repair again no dice, i cant do a clean install got to many important stuff on drive, is there anything else? i have sp3 but cd was sp2 then i did slipstream sp3 cd try repair install no dice, Please help If you can't do the Repair Install, then either you have hardware issues and/or the operating system is too damaged to salvage. Either boot the computer with a Linux Live CD (I prefer Knoppix) or pull the drive and connect it to another working computer. USB drive enclosures or adapters work well for this. Copy off the data. If you boot the targeted computer with Linux, you can copy the data to an external hard drive. The advantage to doing this is twofold: 1) you get your data; 2) if the computer won't run with Linux you know you have hardware problems. Assuming you can get your data off (the hard drive is viable enough to do this), do hardware troubleshooting. Start with testing the hard drive. http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/...ardware_Tshoot If the hardware is good, do a clean install of Windows. http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html - Clean Install How-To http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/...alling_Windows - What you will need on-hand Malke -- MS-MVP Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic! http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ |
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Malke typed on Fri, 18 Sep 2009 04:28:51 -0700: If you can't do the Repair Install, then either you have hardware issues and/or the operating system is too damaged to salvage. Either boot the computer with a Linux Live CD (I prefer Knoppix)... I find Linux to be a big waste of time. Most can't write to NTFS. Linux can't get into the registry, can't get into the System Restore, can't run ERUNT, etc. BartPE or WinPE is far better. Also no learning curve either. Be careful of Ubuntu Live. It screwed up my XP just by booting it up and shutting it down. I didn't even access the Windows partition, Ubuntu did so on its own and modified the registry so Windows would no longer boot. And somebody else here reported the same as well. -- Bill Windows 2000 SP4 (5.00.2195) Asus EEE PC 701G4 ~ 2GB RAM ~ 16GB-SDHC |
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On Sep 18, 8:06*am, "Joe S." no@email wrote:
Hello, *i had to do a repair set up of xp, when it goes to copying files during setup it sipped right to registering components & then savving settign then when it booted kept restarting pc. i *left it for 1 day & keep restarting, i try repair again no dice, i cant do a clean install got to many important stuff on drive, is there anything else? i have sp3 but cd was sp2 then i did slipstream sp3 cd try repair install no dice, Please help thanks If IE 7 / 8 and Windows Media Player 11, with all the required updates installed, then YES the repair reinstall will fail. Windows XP and any slipstreemed updated CDs will have only IE 6 and Windows Media Player 9 on it. Since there is older software being installed during the repair, Windows XP will have problems. |
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repair setup failed
thanks guys,
i took it to pc place was damaged to far , i had done several repair installs i had the drive low lefel formatted dod type & now just going to find a xp pro sp3 oem cd & start over, i had drive slaved to other pc so i took off what i needed, now to find the cd, mt cd doesent hav any service pack & i tried to slipstream once & failed. so if i can find a cd with sp3 that will accept my oem key i will be set, a friend sending me xp sp3 pro oem with media center that should accep my key? not sure i going to try it. you all so great here & thanks "BillW50" wrote in message ... In , Malke typed on Fri, 18 Sep 2009 04:28:51 -0700: If you can't do the Repair Install, then either you have hardware issues and/or the operating system is too damaged to salvage. Either boot the computer with a Linux Live CD (I prefer Knoppix)... I find Linux to be a big waste of time. Most can't write to NTFS. Linux can't get into the registry, can't get into the System Restore, can't run ERUNT, etc. BartPE or WinPE is far better. Also no learning curve either. Be careful of Ubuntu Live. It screwed up my XP just by booting it up and shutting it down. I didn't even access the Windows partition, Ubuntu did so on its own and modified the registry so Windows would no longer boot. And somebody else here reported the same as well. -- Bill Windows 2000 SP4 (5.00.2195) Asus EEE PC 701G4 ~ 2GB RAM ~ 16GB-SDHC |
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