There are times when you may have problems with your pc. Sometimes these are somewhat minor, at other times they may be major problems. When a major problem occurs and you cannot satisfactorily get your machine working correctly, you have two basic options. A Clean Install or a Repair. While a clean install may be rather drastic, the Repair option may get you up and running in a shorter time.
The repair option simply renews all of the operating system files, therefore all your personal data should remain intact. However, there is always the first time for everything, so even before attempting a repair make sure that you have 'backed up all valuable data' Better to be safe than sorry.
1/ Before you proceed make sure that your pc is set, via the BIOS, to be able to boot from a CD.
2/ If you cannot boot from your CD you can always use a Windows 98/Me startup disk to begin the install. Boot to the DOS 'A' prompt, making sure you select the option to install CD drivers. Once at the 'A' prompt change the drive letter to that of your CD-ROM and then locate the I386 Folder on the CD. Once you have changed to the I386 directory type, at the prompt, WINNT.EXE and press Enter.
3/ Insert your Windows XP CD into the CD-ROM and reboot your PC
4/ Your system will reboot and the an option will appear which sates 'Press any key to boot from CD'
5/ Press any key and the Windows XP setup will begin to load from the CD
6/ At the 'Welcome to Setup' screen press Enter
7/Setup will search your hard drive for any copies of Windows. When it locates a copy you will be asked whether you wish to Install a new copy or Repair
8/ In this instance press the 'Setup Windows XP Now' option by pressing Enter
9/ On NO ACCOUNT press the Repair option. At this stage this will only invoke the Recovery Console and you do not want that option.
10/The licence agreement should be the next thing that pops up on screen. Press F8 to accept the agreement
11/ In the next window you will see a list of your hard drive. If you only have one copy of Windows installed this will be all that is in the box. If you have multiple copies of Windows operating systems these will also be displayed.
12/ Make sure the Windows copy you wish to repair is highlighted and then Press the 'R' key to begin the repair operation
13/ Now follow the onscreen instructions to repair your installation
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