Re: Windows XP Home Repair

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Hi there

Thanks for that. The problem I have is that the system boots to the light
blue screen with the mouse appearing and just sits there. I think that it
maybe a corrupt driver but am unable to determine which it is. I have tried
booting to Safe Mode, Safe Mode with Command Prompt and the Last Known
configuration that worked but the system still stalls. I have taken out the
hard drive and inserted it into another PC as a slave and have checked it
out, running anti-virus, spamware and clearing out everything that was
found. I defragmented it and all seemed well, but when I inserted it back
into its PC it still won't work. I tried copying the documents and settings
folders to the other PC while it was a slave but could not do so foe two
users as they had put a password on their profiles so am unable to back
these up. If I could back these up I would then simply reformat the drive
and copy these back. any ideas how I can access the data when the drive is
inserted into another PC? Thanks


"Jim" <reply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:mozuf.37777$Lb1.18590@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> No. You can attempt an upgrade, but the Home XP Serial # will not work
> with the XP Pro CD.
>
> Even attempting an upgrade is risky....things may not work as planned
> afetr the upgrade/fix.
>
> I would suggest using Ghost or Acronis True Image to image the drive as-is
> before doing anything with it. That way, you can always get back to the
> way it was before it was left in your care.
>
>
> "Zinzan" <billy.low@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:dpef89$rtq$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>I have a Dell PC that is running Windows XP Home Edition. Unfortunately it
>> will not boot up. It is a friends PC who asked me to look at it while he
>> is
>> on holiday so I have no access to the CDs that came with the unit. I do
>> however have a Windows XP Professional CD. IF I boot from this can I
>> repair
>> the Windows XP Home configuration?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>>
>>
>
>


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