Repairing XP Pro

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I did an uninstall (inside Control Panel - Add/Remove
Programs) and now my system would not start. It says a
certain DLL cannot be loaded (MSGINA.DLL) While I
managed to put a new copy in my SYSTEM32 folder, the same
thing still happened.

I gave up that route and decided perhaps I have to
repair/reinstall. But I DEFINITELY DON'T WANT TO LOSE
STUFF IN "MY DOCUMENTS", so I wish to avoid any action
that involves FORMATTING my C drive. (Unfortunately My
Documents is on my C-drive.

MY QUESTION: If I reinstall XP Professional on C, does
this invoke formatting (and erasure of my data)?
Notes: I don't have another volume, only one hard disk,
and a single partition on it. (It's bad I know!)

Can anyone help? Thanks!
 
How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install

http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm#warning1 if you have a retail XP CD (not a recovery CD from an OEM) also see these:
Recovering Windows XP via ASR Automatic System Recovery, Graphics & Instructions
http://www.windowsnetworking.com/j_helmig/wxppasr.htm

Recovering Windows XP using the Recovery Console, Graphics & Instructions
http://www.windowsnetworking.com/j_helmig/wxprcons.htm.



I would make backups of stuff I didn't want to lose, just in case.


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Just my 2¢ worth
Jeff
__________in response to__________

|I did an uninstall (inside Control Panel - Add/Remove
| Programs) and now my system would not start. It says a
| certain DLL cannot be loaded (MSGINA.DLL) While I
| managed to put a new copy in my SYSTEM32 folder, the same
| thing still happened.
|
| I gave up that route and decided perhaps I have to
| repair/reinstall. But I DEFINITELY DON'T WANT TO LOSE
| STUFF IN "MY DOCUMENTS", so I wish to avoid any action
| that involves FORMATTING my C drive. (Unfortunately My
| Documents is on my C-drive.
|
| MY QUESTION: If I reinstall XP Professional on C, does
| this invoke formatting (and erasure of my data)?
| Notes: I don't have another volume, only one hard disk,
| and a single partition on it. (It's bad I know!)
|
| Can anyone help? Thanks!
|
 
Ken Ng said:
I did an uninstall (inside Control Panel - Add/Remove
Programs) and now my system would not start. It says a
certain DLL cannot be loaded (MSGINA.DLL) While I
managed to put a new copy in my SYSTEM32 folder, the same
thing still happened.

I gave up that route and decided perhaps I have to
repair/reinstall. But I DEFINITELY DON'T WANT TO LOSE
STUFF IN "MY DOCUMENTS", so I wish to avoid any action
that involves FORMATTING my C drive. (Unfortunately My
Documents is on my C-drive.

MY QUESTION: If I reinstall XP Professional on C, does
this invoke formatting (and erasure of my data)?
Notes: I don't have another volume, only one hard disk,
and a single partition on it. (It's bad I know!)

Can anyone help? Thanks!
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