repair install XP pro

[locktrom]

I am following all the suggestions to perform a repair installation of
WIN XP Pro. There is one small problem. The option to repair is not
there. I am tyring to replace my Abit KT7 MAX 2 mother board that died
with an Abit KW7. I know the chipset is different and therefore I knew
this would be a problem, However the option to repair after the EULA is
not an option the screen only shows me where I can install. I really did
not want to re-invent the wheel to replace the dead motherboard with one
as equal as I could find. Any suggestions will be welcome if
constructive. Thank you for your time in reading this if you dare.

 

[Maurice N ~ MVP]

Make sure you follow & choose the desired options. See where this scenario differed from the one you followed.

Following is the Repair Install scenario.
Only if you have a "full" XP CD ----
The object of this exercise is to do an in-place upgrade or an in-place installation for purposes of "repair".
It needs to go to the same partition as before , and the same directory as before.

Usually for example XP is on C drive and is on folder/directory \Windows or \WINNT.

Configure your computer to start from the CD-ROM drive. You do that from the pc BIOS setup screen. You specify CDROM as the first drive to boot from.

Insert your Windows XP CD into your CD-ROM drive, and then restart your pc.

When the "Press any key to boot from CD" message is displayed on your
screen, press a key to boot pc from the 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 function key to agree to it.

Make sure that your current installation of Windows XP (in your case, the one you wish to repair) is selected in the box, and then press the R key to repair XP.

Follow the instructions on the screen.