Re: Starting WinXP Pro & Taskbar Problems

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<rn5a@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:1165962270.567678.4980@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
How did you start a repair on XP from inside Win2k? How was the repair
done?

In Win2K, I inserted the WinXP Pro CD in the CD-ROM drive. I can't
recollect what did the first screen look like (autorun) but the next
screen (or the one after that) gave me 2 options - install a fresh copy
of WinXP being the first one & I don't remember the exact wordings of
the second option but it definitely said that the existing softwares in
WinXP will be restored & hence you won't have to re-install them.

At this stage I would recommend backing up your data, then do a clean
install of XP, reinstall program, then restore data.

That's exactly what I would like to avoid - the main reason being
though I have a CD-Writer (which WinXP displays as 'CD-RW' in 'My
Computer' when no CD exists in the drive; a usual CD-ROM is displayed
as 'CD Drive'), after repairing WinXP, I find that 'My Computer' lists
the CD-Writer as 'CD Drive' & not as 'CD-RW' & hence I am not able to
back-up my data in CDs (I don't have any other option other than
backing-up my data in CDs). Even the CD burning software (Nero) fails
to write the CD using the CD-Writer.

Any other suggestions???


Rock wrote:
<rn5a@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote

>I have Win2K Pro installed in the C:\ drive & WinXP Pro installed in
> the D:\ drive in my m/c. Due to some reasons, Win2K Pro got corrupted
> (but WinXP was working absolutely fine). The exact error message was
> this:
>
> ----------
> Windows could not start because the following file is missing or
> corrupt:
>
> C:\WINNT\System32\Config\System
>
> You can attempt to repair this file by starting Windows Setup using the
> original Setup CD-ROM. Select 'r' at the first screen to start repair.
> ----------
>
> I could repair Win2K successfully but when I tried to start WinXP Pro,
> it refused to start stating exactly the above error message (including
> the file name & path). I logged into Win2K & started to repair WinXP.

How did you start a repair on XP from inside Win2k? How was the repair
done?

At this stage I would recommend backing up your data, then do a clean
install of XP, reinstall program, then restore data.

http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html


Normally you run the repair install by booting the XP CD. Well you need to backup the data, that's the first priority. Take out the hard drive and install it as a slave drive in another XP or Win2K computer, then copy the important data.

http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

For the CD drive, uninstall it from device manager, reboot and let XP redetect it.

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