Unable to Repair Windows

[legborsi]

Hello, am trying to repair XP on my laptop (blue screen issues) without
loosing data. After booting from CD, I skip the first screen with the
Repair using Recovery Console option. On the next setup screen, I don't
have the option to press R to repair XP. Is there something I have to
do to have this option enabled? The only available options are Setup XP
(which does a clean install), Create, and Delete Partition. Any ideas
in enabling Repair on this screen will be greatly appreciated. Thanks

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM]

Hello, am trying to repair XP on my laptop (blue screen issues) without
loosing data. After booting from CD, I skip the first screen with the
Repair using Recovery Console option. On the next setup screen, I don't
have the option to press R to repair XP. Is there something I have to
do to have this option enabled? The only available options are Setup XP
(which does a clean install), Create, and Delete Partition. Any ideas
in enabling Repair on this screen will be greatly appreciated. Thanks

You'll only see the Repair option there if it detects a repairable WinXP
installation. Apparently it does not.

 

[Malke]

You'll only see the Repair option there if it detects a repairable WinXP
installation. Apparently it does not.

Just to add to Frank's good advice, if you have data that you forgot to back
up you may be able to get it even if you can't boot into Windows. Here are
a few ways:

1. Pull the drive and slave it in a computer running a working install of
XP. Depending on the target drive's characteristics, you may need a drive
adapter; i.e., laptop-to-IDE or a SATA controller card, etc. A usb/firewire
external drive enclosure works very well, too. Use the working Windows
Explorer to copy the data to the rescue system's hard drive and then burn
the data to cd or dvd.

2. Often XP will not boot with a slaved drive that has a damaged file
system. In that case, boot the target computer with either a Bart's PE or a
Linux live cd such as Knoppix and retrieve the data that way. Here is
general information on using Knoppix for this:

You will need a computer with two cd drives, one of which is a cd/dvd-rw OR
a usb thumb drive with enough capacity to hold your data OR an external
usb/firewire hard drive formatted FAT32 (not NTFS). To get Knoppix, you
need a computer with a fast Internet connection and third-party burning
software. Download the Knoppix .iso and create your bootable cd. Then boot
with it and it will be able to see the Windows files. If you are using the
usb thumb drive or the external hard drive, right-click on its icon (on the
Desktop) to get its properties and uncheck the box that says "Read Only".
Then click on it to open it. Note that the default mouse action in the
window manager used by Knoppix (KDE) is a single click to open instead of
the traditional MS Windows' double-click. Otherwise, use the K3b burning
program to burn the files to cd/dvd-r's.

http://www.knoppix.net
http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/ - Bart's PE Builder

Malke

 

[amd64cpu]

Thank you very much. Followed your suggestions....issue resolved!

 

[Malke]

Thank you very much. Followed your suggestions....issue resolved!

Glad you got it sorted. Thanks for taking the time to post back.

Malke