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Michael Jennings
When I try to do a Windows XP Repair Install after booting from a Windows XP
SP3 OEM CD, after it gets considerably into the repair installation, it
begins saying it cannot find files that are there. There are maybe 100 files
it says it can't find. There is no problem reading the files with the same
hardware and the same CD when booted from XP and accessing the files directly.
I've had no problems re-loading Windows XP on other computers, so possibly
this particular computer is infected with malware. Windows XP SP3 on this
computer works well. However, I am worried that it is infected, and want to
do a repair install.
Could this be a problem with file permissions or ownership? Registry entry
permissions?
The computer that is affected is important. It is not feasible at this time
to re-format the hard drive and re-install all the programs, so we want to do
a Repair Install.
SP3 OEM CD, after it gets considerably into the repair installation, it
begins saying it cannot find files that are there. There are maybe 100 files
it says it can't find. There is no problem reading the files with the same
hardware and the same CD when booted from XP and accessing the files directly.
I've had no problems re-loading Windows XP on other computers, so possibly
this particular computer is infected with malware. Windows XP SP3 on this
computer works well. However, I am worried that it is infected, and want to
do a repair install.
Could this be a problem with file permissions or ownership? Registry entry
permissions?
The computer that is affected is important. It is not feasible at this time
to re-format the hard drive and re-install all the programs, so we want to do
a Repair Install.