One cannot use a Windows XP Pro CD to repair a corrupt XP Home installation.
How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm
[Courtesy of MS-MVP Michael Stevens]
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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User
Be Smart! Protect your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/
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| Hi, regarding the article below, my comp uses winxp home
| edition, can i use a winxp professional edition cd instead
| to work around this problem? The computer company didn't
| supply the winxp home cd with the comp. Thanks!
|
|
|
| >-----Original Message-----
| >How to recover from a corrupted registry that prevents
| Windows XP from starting
| >
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-
| us;307545&Product=winxp
| >
| >--
| >Carey Frisch
| >Microsoft MVP
| >Windows XP - Shell/User
| >
| >Be Smart! Protect your PC!
| >
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/
| >
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| >
| message:
| > | >
| >| When I turn on my computer it says "corrupt/missing
| files--
| >| windows\system32\config\system" and then tells me to
| >| insert the original set up cdrom--which of course I
| can't
| >| find. Does anyone know a work-around for this problem?
| >.
| >
