Re: XP reinstall

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From: Peter Downes (pjtdownes_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 12/07/04 

Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2004 19:00:49 +0200

Thanks Dave, Standing by

"David" <David@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:173B6BA8-1985-4AF2-B214-EF66C7A5D0CA@microsoft.com...
> Hey Peter, I'll get back with you with an answer shortly! Dave
>
> "Peter Downes" wrote:
>
> > David, The user had some problems with the graphics card and disabled it
in
> > XP. He could not recover from this stupid mistake. He gave it to a
> > technician who decided to over-install. This aborted half way. I was
given
> > the problem to sort out. I have recovered a corrupt boot.ini with
bootcfg. I
> > have repaired various file system problems on the disk. I have now
disabled
> > all unnecessary hardware, and am trying to continue the previous
upgrade.
> > This upgrade just seems to hang at the mentioned point.
> >
> >
> > "David" <David@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:98186C3D-F208-4366-913B-071426BF3D18@microsoft.com...
> > > Peter, Let me ask you a question first, what happened to the previous
XP
> > > Proffesional install? Then maybe I can answer your question.
> > >
> > > "Peter Downes" wrote:
> > >
> > > > I am trying to reinstall an XP Professional machine that had been
> > > > interrupted halfway thru a prevoius reinstall.
> > > >
> > > > It gets to "Setup is being restarted..............................."
and
> > > > then seems to hang.
> > > >
> > > > Any ideas on how to get past this?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> >
> >
> >

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