Win XP Pro Repair Installation

[Guest]

I think I have an old version of MS Windows XP Pro, from 2003. It recently
malfunctioned, and my computer will not start up (It would get past the
windows "loading" page, the screen would turn black, and then it would
automatically restart), so now I am attempting a repair installation. The
system has deleted previous files, copied all the temporary files, and
restarted itself. Then I get the "The file 'asms' is required..." error
message. I have found plenty of resources that all point to the article on
this in the knowledge base, but that page does not contain any information on
what to do if you are NOT upgrading from a previous installation of Microsoft
Windows (Yes, I have an NTFS file system). I have found that an "upgrade" is
the same as a repair installation, but the KB page also states the phrase
"earlier version of windows," leading me to believe that "upgrade" actually
DOES mean what I previously thought it did. So my question: Do I just delete
the registry keys like it says to, or is there another procedure? If there is
another procedure, what do I do?

 

[Guest]

An "upgrade" is certainly not the same as a "repair",upgrade to xp refers
to upgradeing from another windows OS.A repair,simply refers to repair
of the OS..While a repair may work,why screw with it,a clean xp install takes
about the same time,both options loose all updates.Try booting to xp
cd,select
new install,delete the partition,create one,let xp format & install
auto.Also,pcs
about a year old or so still come with 2003 version of xp..

 

[Guest]

Right now, all I want is to get my computer up and running. I was planning to
eventually do a clean install after I get some things sorted out.

 

[Shenan Stanley]

I think I have an old version of MS Windows XP Pro, from 2003. It
recently malfunctioned, and my computer will not start up (It would
get past the windows "loading" page, the screen would turn black,
and then it would automatically restart), so now I am attempting a
repair installation. The system has deleted previous files, copied
all the temporary files, and restarted itself. Then I get the "The
file 'asms' is required..." error message. I have found plenty of
resources that all point to the article on this in the knowledge
base, but that page does not contain any information on what to do
if you are NOT upgrading from a previous installation of Microsoft
Windows (Yes, I have an NTFS file system). I have found that an
"upgrade" is the same as a repair installation, but the KB page
also states the phrase "earlier version of windows," leading me to
believe that "upgrade" actually DOES mean what I previously thought
it did. So my question: Do I just delete the registry keys like it
says to, or is there another procedure? If there is another
procedure, what do I do?

Google for 'slipstream SP2 into Windows XP'... In order to do a proper
repair install on the version you likely had installed - you need to update
your Windows XP CD, burn a new one and use it to perform the repair install.

How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

How to perform an in-place upgrade (reinstallation) of Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315341

Updates are not installed successfully from Windows Update,
from Microsoft Update, or by using Automatic Updates after
you repair a Windows XP installation
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/943144

 

[Guest]

Yeah, I thought I might have to slipstream it. Is that why I get that error?

Thanks for all the links, but I looked at a lot of those pages already.

Thanks again!