If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. |
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
#1
|
|||
|
|||
Repair Install ?
I recently have been experimenting with the repair-install process so I
am prepared in advance . My XP cd is at level sp2 and I found that even on a machine that was updated to sp3, by booting with the sp2 cd I *could* perform a repair install. Of course sp3 would then have to be installed as well as the updates. Next I created a slipstreamed XP_sp3 cd and confirmed I could install Windows with it... but then tested it to see if it could perform a repair install on an existing XP_sp3 installation... but when booting from the CD when it got to the part of detecting a previous installation...that option did *not* exist and I was only given the option to install a fresh copy. FWIF: If I took the option to install without formatting the drive... the installer was aware of the previous install. and finally: If attempting a repair install from *within* a running XP_sp3 installation...a repair install was allowed. |
Ads |
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|