Re: install windows xp on top of itself

From: msi (msi_at_msi.com)
Date: 05/05/04 

Date: Tue, 4 May 2004 22:06:23 -0700

"Menno Hershberger" <mhersh22@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:Xns94DFEA61655F9butter@207.46.248.16...
> You're not saying *why* you want to reinstall, but apparently you must be
> having some problems. Yes, you can do a "repair" install. Boot from your
> Windows installation CD and follow the prompts... be sure NOT to pick the
> first "R" that comes along which would take you to the Recovery Console.
> Go until it asks if you want to install Windows. It will then detect that
> you already have an installation and will ask you if you want to do a
> repair install or a new install. Pick "repair". This won't alter any of
> your existing files. But it *might* not fix your original problem
> either. It probably won't make it any worse and there's a chance it'll
> fix it.
>
> "msi" <msi@msi.com> wrote in news:eUWB8rkMEHA.3596@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl:
>
> > I'm having some things goofy on my system and wonder if i can re
> > install windows xp on top of itself without loosing anything at all. i
> > backed up stuff to my second drive, but just curious if it is even
> > possible with windows xp to install right smak on top of itself while
> > keeping every single setting and application exactly the same. so i
> > can re install windows, but not have to do anything else to it once it
> > reboots. all my apps, settings etc are the same just like i never
> > reinstalled win xp.
> >
> >
> >
>
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> --
> There are 3 kinds of people: Those who can count & those who can't.

Thanks guys. Umm, I think I have tried a repair one time a long time ago and
it did mess up windows in that doesn't it tell you windows is already
installed and it says it needs to install into another directory? I think it
does, but don't remember 100%. I'm just asking cus i can't remember.