Reinstalling WinXP home without CD ROM.

[KT]

I get an error message when I try to run disk defrag in
WinXP Home
edition. Error reads "Windows has encountered a problem
with
Microsoft Management Console and needs to close the
program". Does
anyone have a solution? I probably need to re-install
Winxp over
what I have to fix files. My Winxp cd is damaged. Can I
re-install
WinXP Home edition from my hard drive and if so where is
the set up
file located? Thanks for any help anyone can give.

 

[Paul B T Hodges]

Have you upgrades to sp1, if so, a lot of files needed to do any repair will
be stored on your hard disk, either in \windows\system32\dllcache or in
\windows\servicepackfiles\i386

If you haven;t installed sp1, do so. This may replace any offending file.

If you have try running system file checker, which will try to restore files
from the 2 places I listed above

start/run
sfc /scannow

If it can't find the file to do the repair in either of these 2 places, then
it may prompt for the windows xp release cd.

What kind of windows xp cd do you have ? What do you mean damaged ?
Is it a retail product cd, or a recovery cd supplied with the pc by the
manufacturer.

If its a retail cd, you should be able to get a replacement from microsoft
support as long as you still have the original license key. I suppose they
may make a small charge for this.

If it came with the pc, then contact the pc manufacturer.

Paul