xp - keeps reinstalling when I do an upgrade/repair

[Guest]

I had a problem with an XP SP2 installation so I booted up with the CD and
ran the repair utility from the install Windows option second page where you
have the choice to install over the existing version or do a repair - R. I
chose repari. Everything goes through and then through again and then through
again - it keeps reinstalling XP. I've tried taking the CD out but then I get
the XP splash screen and a message that I need to complete the install.

 

[Guest]

A repair should have returned xp as it was before SP2,& deleted all updates.
From here,reboot to xp cd (not SP2 cd),select recovery (press r as menu
screen
starts),select 1 For C: Press enter for password,and/or typeiskPart In
DiskPart,delete the partition(s),create one,press ESC key,type:EXIT Reboot
to xp cd,select install xp...

 

[Guest]

The idea was to not wipe out the existing system. I could have done that from
the initial CD menu. Or many other ways with partitioning tools. I wanted to
preserve as much of the previous installation as possible - I would have
sp2'd it after repair. I was hoping somebody had run intot this specific
problem and had come up with an answer other than 'start all over again'.