Repair Install ?

[philo]

I recently have been experimenting with the repair-install process so I
am prepared in advance .

My XP cd is at level sp2 and I found that even on a machine that was
updated to sp3, by booting with the sp2 cd I *could* perform a repair
install.

Of course sp3 would then have to be installed as well as the updates.


Next I created a slipstreamed XP_sp3 cd and confirmed I could install
Windows with it...


but then tested it to see if it could perform a repair install on an
existing XP_sp3 installation...
but when booting from the CD when it got to the part of detecting a
previous installation...that option did *not* exist

and I was only given the option to install a fresh copy.


FWIF: If I took the option to install without formatting the drive...
the installer was aware of the previous install.


and finally:

If attempting a repair install from *within* a running XP_sp3
installation...a repair install was allowed.

 

[Jerry]

Did you use a separate program to slipstream SP3 or from a command prompt?

My experience with AutoStreamer (Google the name) results in a bootable CD
with a 'repair' option.

 

[Hodges]

First I tried to just use the "intergrate" option from sp3

when I used to cd to test it with a fresh install...
the installer kept failing due to files not found

so next I used nLite...
when I integrate sp3 it said it was going to remove some incompatable files
and the slipstreaming worked...

however I also integrated IE7 and made a complete automated install.

maybe I should just integrate sp3 only and give it another try

I think however, I'll just take your advice and use AutoStreamer

thank you!

You're doing something wrong if it's failing to install with normal
integration. I have also noticed that an orthodox slip-stream lacks
the repair option though.

 

[philo]

You're doing something wrong if it's failing to install with normal
integration. I have also noticed that an orthodox slip-stream lacks
the repair option though.

Possibly ...as I first integrated SP3
then I used nLite...so that could have messed things up.

Anyway I used Auto Streamer and got sp3 integrated...
and I did *not* lose the repair option...so that was a good bit of advice.

I also though it interesting that by booting from the cd...
I could perform a successful repair install on an XP_sp3 machine.

Of course I did have to re-apply sp3 and the add'l updates

 

[easily_confused]

I'm having a similar issue. I want to do a repair on an sp3 system with
IE8. My slipstreamed SP3 install does not work, so I will try the suggested
method (Autostreamer) to build a new disk.

I still have a few questions:

1. One you slipstreamed sp3, Why did you have to reinstall sp3 if it was
repaired from an sp3 disk?
2. What did you mean by:

FWIF: If I took the option to install without formatting the drive...
the installer was aware of the previous install.
<---- that approach will remove documents and settings and all registry
information!!
and finally:
If attempting a repair install from *within* a running XP_sp3
installation...a repair install was allowed."
<---- this confuses me ---- how do I do this? Is this a repair without
booting from the CD?

3. What about IE8. I guess it is just another application that is
unaffected by the repair?

Thanks

EC

 

[philo]

I experimented a bit and found that if I have SP3 slipstreamed I can use
the cd to perform a repair install.

If I used nLite to create an automated install cd...
the option to repair the Windows installation does *not* appear if I
boot from the cd.


However if I use that same CD and place it in my machine when it's
booted up to the GUI...I can use it to perform a repair install...
(also known as an "in place" upgrade.)


The reason I was running all the tests was simply because
if I ever ended up with an unbootable XP installation...
I'd of course need to perform a repair install by booting with the CD

The only experiment I did not try was to slipstream both SP3 and IE7
into the CD...
but I've fooled around enough and the sp3 cd is good enough

Felt ambitious and used nLite to slipstream sp3 and IE7
worked fine

cd can be used to perform a fresh install or repair install of XP

so using the automated install feature was what must have eliminated the
repair install functionality from the cdboot function

 

[Jerry]

The RyanVM Integrator: http://www.ryanvm.net/forum/ has updates and addons
you can integrate and DriverPacks: http://forum.driverpacks.net/ has
updated drivers for most stuff. Check them out too.