repair process different that 2000?

[djc]

I recently wanted to run the repair process on an xp professional machine
becuase sp1 installation failed with "data error (cyclic redundancy check)".
I booted from the xp cd and choose r to repair. It took me directly to the
recovery console command line? In windows 2000 you had that option plus you
could have windows 'automatically' run a repair process... I believe there
was a 'quick repair' and a 'manual repair (you could choose what was done..
I think is was only like startup environment or registry or both). Are these
options supposed to be gone from windows XP?

I need to run a repair process... whats up?

 

[purplehaz]

You did it wrong. The first R says push R to run the recovery console.
That's not what you want. Go past that, just let it do its thing, and when
prompted hit enter to begin setup. Press F8 to accept the license agreement.
It will then search and find your existing XP install. Select it, and choose
R for repair. Back up any important data files in case something goes wrong.

 

[djc]

thanks.

You did it wrong. The first R says push R to run the recovery console.
That's not what you want. Go past that, just let it do its thing, and when
prompted hit enter to begin setup. Press F8 to accept the license agreement.
It will then search and find your existing XP install. Select it, and choose
R for repair. Back up any important data files in case something goes wrong.

 

[purplehaz]

You're welcome.

thanks.