Kelly is the one! :)

[aa-aka]

Had a problem similar to no booting before....and you
gave me a similar suggestion and it WORKED! I just
wanted to thank you...I should have remembered you
Kelley, you web site was and I am sure still is awesome!
I will be rechecking it out.

Repair the Windows XP Installation - Note: You will
forfeit all MS Updates.

Configure your computer to start from the CD-ROM drive.
For more information
about how to do this, please refer to your computer's
documentation or
contact your computer manufacturer.

Insert your Windows XP compact disc (CD) into your CD-ROM
drive or DVD-ROM
drive, and then restart your computer.

(You can also boot with a Windows 98/Me Startup disk with
CD support and run
WINNT.EXE in the I386 folder on the CD)

When the "Press any key to boot from CD" message is
displayed on your
screen, press a key to start your computer from the
Windows XP CD.

When you see the following message displayed on the
Welcome to Setup screen,
press ENTER: To setup Windows XP now, press ENTER.

At this point an option to press R to enter the Recovery
Console is
displayed. Do not select this option.

On the Windows XP Licensing Agreement screen, press F8 to
agree to the
license agreement. Make sure that your current
installation of Windows XP is
selected in the box, and then press the R key to repair
Windows XP. Follow
the instructions on the screen to complete Setup.

Perform an In-Place Upgrade (Reinstallation) of Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-
us;Q315341


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All the Best,
Kelly

MS-MVP Win98/XP
[AE-Windows® XP]

Troubleshooting Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com

Utilities for Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_u.htm#xp_util


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[Kelly]

You are most welcome and thanks for the feedback, it is greatly appreciated.
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Had a problem similar to no booting before....and you
gave me a similar suggestion and it WORKED! I just
wanted to thank you...I should have remembered you
Kelley, you web site was and I am sure still is awesome!
I will be rechecking it out.

Repair the Windows XP Installation - Note: You will
forfeit all MS Updates.

Configure your computer to start from the CD-ROM drive.
For more information
about how to do this, please refer to your computer's
documentation or
contact your computer manufacturer.

Insert your Windows XP compact disc (CD) into your CD-ROM
drive or DVD-ROM
drive, and then restart your computer.

(You can also boot with a Windows 98/Me Startup disk with
CD support and run
WINNT.EXE in the I386 folder on the CD)

When the "Press any key to boot from CD" message is
displayed on your
screen, press a key to start your computer from the
Windows XP CD.

When you see the following message displayed on the
Welcome to Setup screen,
press ENTER: To setup Windows XP now, press ENTER.

At this point an option to press R to enter the Recovery
Console is
displayed. Do not select this option.

On the Windows XP Licensing Agreement screen, press F8 to
agree to the
license agreement. Make sure that your current
installation of Windows XP is
selected in the box, and then press the R key to repair
Windows XP. Follow
the instructions on the screen to complete Setup.

Perform an In-Place Upgrade (Reinstallation) of Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-
us;Q315341





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