Re: VIRUS in MBR? Do Repair Install via Michael or Doug's Directions
From: Chad Harris (ddram32_nospam_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 08/23/04
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Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2004 00:01:30 -0400
HtheGator--
Do a repair install and you won't lose your data and settings.
This is important. I'm getting you to the process that will *not lose your
information.* Please read Michael Steven's article (I linked in the last
two posts) and then look at the upgrade install:
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm
Read http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm#warning2
Also (Same thing):
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/xp_repair_install.htm
A Repair Install will replace the system files with the files on the XP CD
used for the Repair Install. It will leave your applications and settings
intact, but Windows updates will need to be reapplied.
First F2 to the bios screen --and change your boot order, and make sure
that booting from the CD-ROM is ahead of the other two (the A Drive and the
hard drive).
When you see the "Welcome To Setup" screen, you will see the options below
This portion of the Setup program prepares Microsoft
Windows XP to run on your computer:
To setup Windows XP now, press ENTER.
1.. Press Enter to start the Windows Setup.
do not choose "To repair a Windows XP installation using the Recovery
Console, press R", (you Do Not want to load Recovery Console). I repeat, do
not choose "To repair a Windows XP installation using the Recovery Console,
press R".
2.. Accept the License Agreement and Windows will search for existing
Windows installations.
3.. Select the XP installation you want to repair from the list and press
R to start the repair. If Repair is not one of the options, read this
Warning#2!
4.. Setup will copy the necessary files to the hard drive and reboot. Do
not press any key to boot from CD when the message appears. Setup will
continue as if it were doing a clean install, but your applications and
settings will remain intact.
or Press ENTER to set up Windows XP.
On the Windows XP Licensing Agreement screen, press F8 to agree to the
license agreement.
Make sure that your current installation of Windows XP is selected in the
box, and then press R to repair Windows XP.
Follow the instructions that appear on the screen to reinstall Windows XP.
After you repair Windows XP, you may have to reactivate your copy of Windows
XP.
What I'm leading you to do is what MSFT calls a "repair" or "ugrade
install." Michael Stevens and Doug Knox's link of exactly tell you
exactly how to do this and it's very simple. It will not lose your
information at all. You are going to go through the setup including
putting in your product ID as if you were reinstalling Windows, but you are
booting from the CD and then follow the steps Michael shows you. *You will
not get the chance to format your drive or to decide how much space you want
to alot each partition here.* You will be replacing files that you are
missing and you may well repair the MBR. The trouble with the Recovery
Console command that you ran, and when I do that I also run bootcfg /repair
and fixboot as well, is it's not a sure thing and we don't know if it fixed
your MBR although it said it did if your MBR was the problem.
This is your best hope. Another much less desirable method is the parallel
install in the MSKB but this requires you to extract your data.
Good luck--Do the Repair Install--it will in all probability get you back.
It will not lose your data ect. The worst that could happen is that it just
will not go.
Chad Harris
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"HtheGator" <HtheGator@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6D70A579-0CF7-4E19-AFE1-B9C105E1B233@microsoft.com...
Ok, here's an update...
I attempted to use F8 at many different times during the boot up process and
nothing happened. I was taken back to the screen that says...
(paraphrasing)
"sorry for any inconvience but windows wasn't shut down properly... a
program
may have caused this... select one of the choices below..."
My choices are Safe Mode, safe mode with command prompt, last known good
configuration, normal boot up. I chose each option and it would reboot the
computer and eventually bring me back to that screen.
Next I dropped in the XP CD and attempted to use the recovery tools. I
attempted the reinstall option but it said that I would loose all
information
on the hard drive. Since I'm trying to ont have to start over, I passed on
that option at that time. I next tried to use the FIXMBR that everyone was
talking about. It said that it worked and I rebooted; but nothing changed.
I'm now back on the hard drive using 98SE and I can still access the
information but cannot boot from the XP Home hard drive.
Back to reading more.
Thanks,
H
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