Re: Corrupted Registry in Win XP Pro
From: Alex Nichol (alexn.mvpdts_at_ntlworld.delete.com)
Date: 05/16/04
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Date: Sun, 16 May 2004 15:10:11 +0100
Tegan wrote:
>Windows XP will not load even in safe mode due to a
>corrupted registry. I will be rebooting my system with the
>disk. The original install was an upgrade from Win ME to
>Win XP Pro. Although, I do not have the original disk, I
>recently moved and lost the XP Pro disc in the move. My
>question is this: When I go to reinstall windows XP Pro,
>do I have to use the Upgrade version, or can I do the Full
>Version, since it was originally done as an upgrade?
If you have a Win ME or 98 'retail' CD (not a OEM restore one) you can
show it to an XP Upgrade CD's setup program as the needed evidence when
you use it for a New Install, formatting the disk. If you only have a
restore one you would have to restore with it first.
But the important matter in licensing is the Product Key - the 25
character one. If you find that out (eg by getting and running the
free Everest Home edition from
http://www.lavalys.com/index.php?page=product&view=1 - its Operating
System - Operating system page) and note your Product ID from Control
Panel - System, you should be able to call MSoft support and get a
replacement CD for a nominal charge. If that is an Upgrade one, or you
have to buy an upgrade one in the end, and also have no 98/ME CD, you
could then look for a cheap Win98 CD on eBay say as the evidence
-- Alex Nichol MS MVP (Windows Technologies) Bournemouth, U.K. Alexn@mvps.D8E8L.org (remove the D8 bit)
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