RE: XP Upgrade Setup disc won't detect existing XP OS for repair
From: Travis (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 09/22/04
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Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 13:46:08 -0700
The other reply is from me, I forgot to fill in my name.
Travis
>-----Original Message-----
> If you booted to xp cd,install xp,repair this copy,and
it wasnt successfull,
> then try again.If still doesnt repair,youre only choice
is to install new
>copy,
> trying another xp cd,or ME,would be a waste of time.You
might loose 6 weeks
> of personal files,but next time youll copy them to a
cd,or use File-Transfer-
> Wizard and have it save files,data,settings,etc. so it
wont happen again.
>
>"Travis" wrote:
>
>> A week ago I made the awful mistake of unchecking
>> the "Read Only" tab of my Windows XP System32 folder.
I
>> was trying to install an old app called Total Recorder
>> (version 3) that I had used with Windows ME but it was
>> getting an error. I did a quick Google search on the
>> problem and someone suggested something about making
>> System32 not "Read Only" for it to work, but it still
>> wouldn't install. Later on, while not having rebooted,
I
>> installed Nero from CD. This went fine and I said yes
to
>> the normal part about resetting before changes could
take
>> effect. When I rebooted, however, I was denied access
to
>> Windows XP. It wouldn't get past the login menu and
>> neither my account nor Administrator worked. I put in
my
>> XP CD, which is an Upgrade disc for the Home Edition.
I
>> rebooted and the CD loaded in Windows interface but I
got
>> errors when trying to repair. I rebooted and used the
CD
>> in DOS. I tried to do a Repair Installation, which
seemed
>> to go OK, but upon completion I had to reboot and
setup
>> presumably attempted to resume in Windows. However, I
got
>> an error for that, too. Every time I rebooted it would
>> get to Windows where it said 35 minutes were remaining
>> but stop with a fatal error after just a few minutes.
I
>> don't know if it was before or after I used a Windows
>> 98SE boot disk downloaded from bootdisk.com, but
>> eventually I was unable to make it to Windows, even in
>> Safe Mode or trying Last Known Good Configuration.
Using
>> the XP Setup CD in DOS, I accessed the Recovery
Console
>> and can see that my files are all there and bootcfg
lists
>> my correct OS. I copied ntdetect.com and ntldr from
the
>> Windows CD's I386 folder to C:\ but the problem
>> persisted. I copied a new boot.ini that I'm fairly
sure
>> is an exact replica of the one I used successfully
with
>> XP from early August until last Wednesday and that
didn't
>> change anything, nor did using fdisk, chkdsk /p or /r,
or
>> bootcfg /rebuild.
>>
>> When I load the computer without a boot disk or the
Setup
>> CD, it still has the XP splash screen and the green
>> status bar moves, but it then gets to a light blue
page
>> that reads in white text that configuration of the
system
>> for restarting was unsuccessful and "Setup may not
>> restart or may operate erratically." This is on screen
>> for about 10 seconds before it goes all black with a
>> white Windows cursor. I can't ctrl+alt+del from this
>> point and nothing can be done except moving the mouse.
>>
>> When I try to use the regular repair option (not the
>> Recovery Console) I can't because the Setup CD no
longer
>> detects my installation of XP. It asks for a full
version
>> of XP or, I think, any 9x version of Windows to be
placed
>> in the drive, I guess to prove I'm an owner before
>> proceeding. However, I've only ever had Windows 95 and
ME
>> on recovery discs made by the manufacturers of the
>> computers I've purchased. XP Home Edition Upgrade was
the
>> first retail OS I purchased. If I could find a CD
other
>> than Upgrade to put in the drive, what kind of options
>> would be presented and could they solve my problem? My
>> main concern is not losing files I hadn't backed up
>> (pictures, music, documents) in the 6 weeks I used XP
>> after reformatting my hard drive pre-installation. My
>> last resort is to go home (four hours round trip) and
>> retrieve my old Windows ME discs to reinstall in order
>> for XP Setup to continue. This would be time consuming
as
>> well as a waste of valuable hard drive space, a big
mess,
>> and a major risk of data loss as I'm not at all sure
if I
>> could use the manufacturer discs to install ME on top
of
>> what I have already or if it would perform a complete
>> reformat.
>>
>> I was running Norton with current virus definitions so
I
>> am positive that the problem was not caused by a virus
or
>> trojan but by my own error that I really should have
>> known better than to make.
>>
>> Thanks for any help you can provide.
>>
>.
>
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