COMPUTER TIPS
October, 03 , 06 Today's Tip
How to do a Repair Install of Windows XP?
- To repair windows XP boot your computer from the Boot able XP CD(mean put the CD drive above the Hard disk in booting order), and first check the BIOS is set to boot from the CD then insert the windows XP CD and boot your system.
- When you see " To setup Windows XP now, press ENTER", go ahead and press ENTER
- You will see here an option to repair Windows by pressing "R". Do not select this option - it will only take you to the Recovery Console, which is not what we want to do. Instead, choose to continue the installation
- When you see the license agreement, press F8 to agree
- On the next screen make sure your current XP installation is selected and then press "R" to repair XP
- At this point XP will begin to install on top of itself, replacing damaged, missing or altered system files. Follow the instructions on the remaining screens to complete the Repair Install.