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Originally posted by ROSSCO_2004@30 March 2004 - 00:46
i think ur doing the repair instal wrong...u shouldnt need a password to do it, repair install is actually a way of fixing it if u forgot ur password lol.
this is what you do:
1. insert your windows xp cd.
2. make sure ur bios is set to boot from cd.
3. restart and it will say press any key to boot from cd, press a button.
4. wait till it says welcome to setup etc. and press continue, then it will ask you if you would lkike to run a repair install (dont get this confused with recovery console) and choose yes.
5. it will appear to be completely reinstalling windows but it doesnt format your hard drive so you wont loose any programs, only thing you have to reinstall are updates and serices packs.
Yeah, the first time i tried to repair using the recovery console. Then i tried using the windows setup method. It asked my if i agreed to the user agreements, i agreed and then it started loading all of these files. After the load i was sent to a page that told me to select a partition (there was only one) But when i selected it, it said that it was going to format my drive....i thought that meant it was gonna wipe the info and make it available to be written over. Not sure what to do. I really want purging everything to be my last option, is there something im doing wrong?