Repair with Win xp pro

[Joe]

Hi, I had to repair the O/S Win XP Pro. I inserted the CD, bought and paid
for been checked a million times by M$. I selected the second repair 'R'.
It failed and did a full install. Why?
I had a backup done with Win xp, that did not work either What went wrong?
I asked this question on the M$ help group. Not a lot of help there.

Joe

 

[Ronnie Vernon MVP]

Are you sure? A repair install looks exactly like a clean install once it begins. The difference is that all installed programs and data will remain.

 

[Jerry]

Repair install - with pictures:
http://www.windowsreinstall.com/winxppro/installxpcdrepair/indexfullpage.htm

 

[Joe]

Repair install - with pictures:
http://www.windowsreinstall.com/winxppro/installxpcdrepair/indexfullpage.htm

Thx for that and all in pictures, That is just what happened. The only
difference was mine went complete install, like change language, keyboard,
network and the rest for a full install. I lost all the 'My Document' stuff
including pictures, music, video and more. I did not worry as I had done a
back up using the Windows XP Pro system. Still got it in fact, but it don't
install.
Than you for the help.
Joe.