Re: Please help!! I need some help!

Hi Novice

See following Knowledge Base article for details on the In-Place Upgrade
procedure. Another attempt using the 'boot from CD' route should complete
the repair.

How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade (Reinstallation) of Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/defaul...B;EN-US;Q315341

After doing this you may need to re-activate your installation of XP. If it
has been more than 120 days since you last re-activated you should be able
to activate over the internet, otherwise it will require a short phonecall.

After the repair install you will need to re-install any XP service packs
and updates, but you will not need to re-install any applications.

Hope that helps
Pete
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"Novice" <postier@ourtownusa.net> wrote in message
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> 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