By-Pass an unfinished "repair installation"

[Nacho]

Hi everyone
A few days ago, I had a problem with a virus. The virus affected
some .sys.and .dll files from system folder, and I had to perform a
Repair Install. However, that Repair Install stopped at 43 minutes to
go (as described in http://support.microsoft.com/kb/828267). I was
unable to workaround this problem, so I did a fresh installation over
other hard drive. This installation finished correctly, and I was able
to install the antivirus and check all the harddrives successfully.
The system is now clean.

But now I would like to start the original installation (I dont wanna
re-install all the applications). But each time I select that
installation in the boot menu, obviously the installation proccess
starts (it left unfinished as I said). Since system files are copied
in the very early stages of installation process, the originally
affected files by the virus has been replaced after all.

So is there any way to by-pass the installation process, to try start
that windows install instead re-starting the installation process? Is
there any way to recover that original installation or wipe out the
installation process?

Thanks in advance
Nacho

 

[Nate Grossman]

Hi everyone
A few days ago, I had a problem with a virus. The virus affected
some .sys.and .dll files from system folder, and I had to perform a
Repair Install. However, that Repair Install stopped at 43 minutes to
go (as described in http://support.microsoft.com/kb/828267). I was
unable to workaround this problem, so I did a fresh installation over
other hard drive. This installation finished correctly, and I was able
to install the antivirus and check all the harddrives successfully.
The system is now clean.

But now I would like to start the original installation (I dont wanna
re-install all the applications). But each time I select that
installation in the boot menu, obviously the installation proccess
starts (it left unfinished as I said). Since system files are copied
in the very early stages of installation process, the originally
affected files by the virus has been replaced after all.

So is there any way to by-pass the installation process, to try start
that windows install instead re-starting the installation process? Is
there any way to recover that original installation or wipe out the
installation process?

You can "wipe out the installation process" by starting a clean
install. Otherwise, you're stuck.

 

[Nacho]

Nate Grossman ha escrito:

You can "wipe out the installation process" by starting a clean
install. Otherwise, you're stuck.

As I said, I have now TWO installations of Windows XP. A Fresh new
(which was installed perfectly), and the old one which I would like to
recover and is "34 minute to go" frozen. Where can I tweak to "repair
the repair install". I can boot the system from the "new installation"
but I'd really want to recover the original installation.

I wonder why the fresh new installation goes perfectly and the repair
install freezes. I even backed up the whole C:\WINDOWS\INF directory
and replaced it with the content of the fresh new installation E:
\WINDOWS\INF, but this did not work. The repair install keeps
freezing.

Please, any help?


Thanks
Nacho