Unable to re-install - Error Message

[Greg]

I've been advised by a friend to reinstall Windows XP on
top of what I already have, thus keeping all my programmes
intack.

The problem happens though when starting up my pc and
pressing F8 and telling it to boot from the windows xp
disk, and then it telling me it's downloading set up
files, I get the message "THE
FILE ACPI.SYS IS CURRUPTED PRESS ANY KEY TO CONTINUE" and
just like that my set up fails.

Does anyone have any idea how I can get around this. I
know it's not Major now, but in the future when I just
want to clean (re)install I might have problems.

My setup is as follows:
WINDOWS XP sp2, Direct X90c, Motherobard is an MSI K7N2
Nforce2 Delta.

Cheers


Greg

 

[Will Denny]

Hi Greg

The foolowing article by Michael Stevens will show you how to perform a
'Repair' install:

"How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install"
http://michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

 

[Greg]

Cool thanks for the link.

I'll let you know how I get on.


Cheers


G

 

[Greg]

Hi Will,

The problem I have with whaty Michael suggests is that I
don't get as far as the "Welcome To Setup" screen. It's
just before this that it fails and I get the acpi.sys
message.

Do you have any other suggestions? It's looking like I may
need to reinstall XP again.


Greg