Re: Please help!! I need some help!

Sounds like you didn't go quite far enough with your repair install. It
could possibly still work. Boot from the install CD, start the process,
ignore the first mention of repair (from the console) and keep installing
until you get a second option for a repair install. Select that one. If this
works you will have to reinstall SP1 and any other MS upgrades you did from
the Web.

Paul Riemerman

"Novice" <postier@ourtownusa.net> wrote in message
news:019d01c35072$d7cc2540$a301280a@phx.gbl...
> Okay, here goes...
> Windows XP wasn't acting right, I couldn't add some
> hardware, couldn't play media or games correctly, and I
> couldn't change many features on XP. So I decided to pop
> in the XP installation disk and see if I could do some
> kind of "repair installation" (kind of like reinstalling
> XP but keeping everything on my hard drive). I couldn't
> find such a feature so I choose to install it again using
> the "Upgrade" option.
> That was a big mistake.
> Setup then went through it's little installation ritual
> and then restarted my unit, but it didn't reboot
> successfully and automatically shutdown. Now whenever I
> try to boot up, the computer pauses, then shows me the
> startup screen (ya' know, the one with "Safe Mode"
> and "Last Known Good Config"?). Whenever I choose any one
> of the options, it trys to go further but then it just
> freezes and restarts. I have already tried to repair my
> handywork by booting from the XP cd and repairing the
> Windows partition. That hasn't worked.
>
> Please, I need help! (And I'm not yet willing to drop $35
> for Windows Tech Support) If someone knows anything that
> could get me anywhere, please post it!
> Thanks a bunch!
>
> Sincerely,
> (a very distraught) Novice

Before I try your tip, Paul, I want to ask you something:
Will trying what you suggested erease everything else on
my drive?
I want to try like hell to keep everything else from being
harmed.
Thanks

Well, I looked at the info Pete suggested, and then tried
both tips. Something has happened, now when Windows is
reinstalling itself, it just freezes about half-way
through the process. Don't feel bad though, Pete or Paul,
it was showing signs of this before I came to the
newsgroup. But if anyone else would like to help, please
do so, I'm desperate.
Once again, I would like to keep everything on my hard
drive. But that may be hard to do.
If anyone else has any suggestions, I'm open to hearing
them.
Thanks