Hello,
Actually Repair may not be available since the boot.ini is not correct.
Zoro has two problems, the first is that the boot.ini is not correct or is
not correctly pointing to the OS.
<> > > When i start up my computer i first get an error saying " invalid
boot.ini
<> > > file "
The OS now tries to boot using system defaults(boot drive, windows folder)
c:\windows
the second is the pci.sys file in the \windows\system32\drivers folder.
There may be more problems, but those are the first two mentioned.
When booting to the CD, the repair option is offered if it can find an
existing OS to update.
It uses the boot.ini for it's first check to display the list for the
repair screen, since the boot.ini on Zoro's machine is not valid, the
option may not appear when booting to the CD.
Zoro, boot to Recovery Console and try running bootcfg /rebuild.
This searches the drive and attemps to locate Windows folders to add to the
boot.ini.
You can use the following article for reference
291980 A discussion about the Bootcfg command and its uses
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=291980
There may be more wrong with the OS as well that prevents the "repair"
option from appearing but we have to get the boot.ini correct first.
Thanks,
Darrell Gorter[MSFT]
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<Should be the option to install windows.
<also, make sure you choose to "repair current installation"!!!!!!!!
<Setup will locate current install. follow procedure carefully.
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<repair install is what it's called.
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http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/xp_repair_install.htm
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/helpandsupport/learnmore/tips/doug9
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<Dennis S.
<I''m from Illinois. I hope I helped you. Good Luck.
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<"Zoro" wrote:
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<> no i haven't tried installing windows on another partition.. currently
there
<> is only one partition on the HDD that i can access.. it defaults to c:
but
<> these files im seeing are part of the 2nd partition i had made from
before.
<>
<> i cannot see any of the windows files or mydocuments etc
<>
<> how would i do a repair install?? i tried putting my winxp SP2 cd in the
<> drive, loading it and then there are 2 options.. 1 is install windows
and 2
<> is recovery which then takes me to DOS
<>
<> Thanks
<>
<>
<> "Dixonian69" wrote:
<>
<> > Have you tried to install Windows on another partition/hard drive?
<> > Have you done a Repair Install?
<> > What is on your second partition?
<> > Can you boot to another hard drive or partition on the "problem"
computer?
<> >
<> > --
<> > Dennis S.
<> > I''m from Illinois. I hope I helped you. Good Luck.
<> >
<> >
<> > "Zoro" wrote:
<> >
<> > > Can someone please help me out??? ive read through the posts but
could not
<> > > find a solution to my problem..
<> > >
<> > > When i start up my computer i first get an error saying " invalid
boot.ini
<> > > file "
<> > > it then goes away and finally gives me an error saying " windows
could not
<> > > start because the following file is missing or corrupt:
<> > > system32\DRIVERS\pci.sys "
<> > >
<> > > I have tried running the recovery using the windows xp cd which
brings me to
<> > > a DOS screen but when i try to access C: drive it gives me a message
saying
<> > > that it cannont be accessed or something like that.. So i cannot see
anything
<> > > in C: of the HDD.. i can only access the 2nd partition of the drive
<> > >
<> > > can someone please help me!!! i dont wanna lose all my data . its a
200GB
<> > > drive
<> > >
<> > >
<> > > Thanks
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