What "F" key do i tap to bring up "repair Windows"?

[Richard Landis]

my computer keeps crashing. i have gotten these error codes so far :
0X00000019 , 0X00000024 , OX00000050 , 0X000000C2 , 0X0000008E . I PUT MY
COPY OF WINDOWS XP IN THE CD ROM DRIVE AND I WANT TO BRING UP THE SCREEN THAT
GIVES THE OPTION OF REPAIRING .PLEASE REPLY TO (e-mail address removed)

 

[Rich Barry]

Richard, check here
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

 

[Lem]

my computer keeps crashing. i have gotten these error codes so far :
0X00000019 , 0X00000024 , OX00000050 , 0X000000C2 , 0X0000008E . I PUT MY
COPY OF WINDOWS XP IN THE CD ROM DRIVE AND I WANT TO BRING UP THE SCREEN THAT
GIVES THE OPTION OF REPAIRING .PLEASE REPLY TO (e-mail address removed)

If you have a computer for which the manufacturer included a "restore
partition" on the hard drive instead of giving you a Windows XP CD *and*
you want to restore your computer to it's "out of the box" state (which
will delete all of your personal files), look in the documentation that
came with it (or go to the manufacturer's web site) to find the key to
press to initiate this action.

--
Lem -- MS-MVP

To the moon and back with 2K words of RAM and 36K words of ROM.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer
http://history.nasa.gov/afj/compessay.htm

 

[Bill Sharpe]

my computer keeps crashing. i have gotten these error codes so far :
0X00000019 , 0X00000024 , OX00000050 , 0X000000C2 , 0X0000008E . I PUT MY
COPY OF WINDOWS XP IN THE CD ROM DRIVE AND I WANT TO BRING UP THE SCREEN THAT
GIVES THE OPTION OF REPAIRING .PLEASE REPLY TO (e-mail address removed)

Whatever key that brings up your BIOS setting, which varies depending on
who made your computer. Change the boot order to boot from CD first,
then you may be able to try repairing or reinstalling Windows.

Replies are made to the newsgroup, not to e-mail addresses.

Bill

 

[Alec S.]

my computer keeps crashing. i have gotten these error codes so far :
0X00000019 , 0X00000024 , OX00000050 , 0X000000C2 , 0X0000008E . I PUT MY
COPY OF WINDOWS XP IN THE CD ROM DRIVE AND I WANT TO BRING UP THE SCREEN THAT
GIVES THE OPTION OF REPAIRING .PLEASE REPLY TO (e-mail address removed)

Uh, huh, huh, huh… he said f-key. Yeah, f-key, f-keeeeey!!!

Sorry.


Anyway, you’re probably asking about F8. Press F8 to bring up the advanced
options menu to select safe-mode etc.

If you’re asking about /booting/ from the CD to do a repair-install, you press
any key (space is good) when you see the prompt at the bottom of the screen. It
should give you a few seconds.

 

[Daave]

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Uh, huh, huh, huh. he said f-key. Yeah, f-key, f-keeeeey!!!

Sorry.


Anyway, you're probably asking about F8. Press F8 to bring up the
advanced
options menu to select safe-mode etc.

I doubt that this is what Richard is asking about. Note that he said he
has his "copy of Windows XP in the CD ROM drive."

If you're asking about /booting/ from the CD to do a repair-install,
you press
any key (space is good) when you see the prompt at the bottom of the
screen. It
should give you a few seconds.

That's probably it.

To Richard:

In case you do want to perform a repair install but your PC is not
booting off the CD drive, you need to enter the BIOS to configure your
PC to boot off your CD drive rather than off the hard drive. If you saw
Rich's post, his link contains another link that answers your question:

http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/bios_manufacturer.htm

And again, here is the link for repair install instructions:

http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

In the future, please refrain from posting in all caps. Not only is
"shouting" considered rude, but it is difficult to read. Please use
mixed-case.

Also, posting your unmunged e-mail address will undoubtedly result in
more spam arriving in your inbox. Finally, since this is Usenet, answers
should appear in this thread, so you shouldn't be asking for private
replies in the first place. This has the added benefit that others who
have similar issues will be able to see the solutions, too.

 

[Alec S.]

I doubt that this is what Richard is asking about. Note that he said he
has his "copy of Windows XP in the CD ROM drive."

He also asked which function key to use, hence both interpretations.

Hopefully he takes a look here for answers instead of his email.

 

[Daave]

He also asked which function key to use, hence both interpretations.

Very often, an F-key is necessary to access the BIOS. He already put his
disk in the drive and he said he wants to "repair Windows." So I'm
ninety-five percent sure OP is referring to how to make it possible to
boot off the CD-ROM drive.

But I've been wrong many times in the past.

Hopefully he takes a look here for answers instead of his email.

Agreed. He's using Microsoft's godawful Web interface, so that's not a
great sign. :-(