Repair XP Not Doing Anything

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Chkdsk finally finished running. This is the info:
60011680 kb total disk space available
37486912 disk space available
32768 bytes each allocation units
1875365 total allocation units
1171466 allocation units available.

I also ran bootcfg /add. Response was "total identified
windows installations: 1
C:\windows

It then prompts me to add. I don't know where to go from
here.
 
Hi,

You should just hit <enter> at that point to add it to the list. Then exit
and restart normally.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone



Chkdsk finally finished running. This is the info:
60011680 kb total disk space available
37486912 disk space available
32768 bytes each allocation units
1875365 total allocation units
1171466 allocation units available.

I also ran bootcfg /add. Response was "total identified
windows installations: 1
C:\windows

It then prompts me to add. I don't know where to go from
here.
 
Is that likely to solve the problem that is the root of
this all --- config.sys missing or corrupted? I would
presume I need to run windows repair/setup.
 
Tried that, nothing doing.
-----Original Message-----
Is that likely to solve the problem that is the root of
this all --- config.sys missing or corrupted? I would
presume I need to run windows repair/setup.
.
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I still
don't understand why Win XP won't let me run setup on top
of Win XP installation.
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It could be that the XP install is simply too corrupted to be
recognized as a legit install of XP.

I had this happen on a drive I had and ended up having to clean
install because the XP install was simply too corrupted to be even
recognized as being there.

Another time when I did a repair install it worked just fine as XP saw
the XP installation and proceeded to repair it.
 
Hi,

Don't knopw why it would be calling for config.sys, that is not a file used
in a WinXP system. I'm afraid I don't really have any further answers for
you.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone



Tried that, nothing doing.
 
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