Administrative password

[Leasee]

HI. I have what I hope will be an easy question. I am attempting to repair my
XP Home installation, and when I get to the screen that asks if I want to
install or repair, I choose repair and them it asks me for a password. I hit
enter, and it goes to the C drive designation. What do I do after that? I
don't see an option to repair. Thanks in advance for your help. The XP
version is 1a and I have a Dell Optiplex GX 270

 

[R. McCarty]

Common issue, there are TWO distinct Repair operations from the
XP Boot CD. The 1st is the Recovery Console ( Which you selected ).
What you have to do to perform a Repair or In-Place install is select
Install. Immediately the setup will check for an existing instance of XP
and if detected ask if you'd like to repair it.
*If the Setup does not detect an existing install DO NOT continue as
you'll end up overwriting you existing XP with a fresh instance.

Check the following for excellent instructions on how to proceed:
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

 

[Leasee]

Thanks so much, this is extremely helpful. I appreciate you.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

HI. I have what I hope will be an easy question. I am attempting to repair my
XP Home installation, and when I get to the screen that asks if I want to
install or repair, I choose repair and them it asks me for a password. I hit
enter, and it goes to the C drive designation. What do I do after that?

Description of the Windows XP Recovery Console (Q314058)
http://support.microsoft.com/directory/article.asp?ID=kb;en-us;Q314058



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