What "F" key do i tap to bring up "repair Windows"?

[Guest Richard Landis]

my computer keeps crashing. i have gotten these error codes so far :

0X00000019 , 0X00000024 , OX00000050 , 0X000000C2 , 0X0000008E . I PUT MY

COPY OF WINDOWS XP IN THE CD ROM DRIVE AND I WANT TO BRING UP THE SCREEN THAT

GIVES THE OPTION OF REPAIRING .PLEASE REPLY TO RICHARDWLANDIS@YAHOO.COM

[Guest Rich Barry]

Re: What "F" key do i tap to bring up "repair Windows"?

 

Richard, check here

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

 

"Richard Landis" <Richard Landis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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> my computer keeps crashing. i have gotten these error codes so far :

> 0X00000019 , 0X00000024 , OX00000050 , 0X000000C2 , 0X0000008E . I PUT MY

> COPY OF WINDOWS XP IN THE CD ROM DRIVE AND I WANT TO BRING UP THE SCREEN

> THAT

> GIVES THE OPTION OF REPAIRING .PLEASE REPLY TO RICHARDWLANDIS@YAHOO.COM

[Guest Lem]

Re: What "F" key do i tap to bring up "repair Windows"?

 

Richard Landis wrote:

> my computer keeps crashing. i have gotten these error codes so far :

> 0X00000019 , 0X00000024 , OX00000050 , 0X000000C2 , 0X0000008E . I PUT MY

> COPY OF WINDOWS XP IN THE CD ROM DRIVE AND I WANT TO BRING UP THE SCREEN THAT

> GIVES THE OPTION OF REPAIRING .PLEASE REPLY TO RICHARDWLANDIS@YAHOO.COM

 

If you have a computer for which the manufacturer included a "restore

partition" on the hard drive instead of giving you a Windows XP CD *and*

you want to restore your computer to it's "out of the box" state (which

will delete all of your personal files), look in the documentation that

came with it (or go to the manufacturer's web site) to find the key to

press to initiate this action.

 

--

Lem -- MS-MVP

 

To the moon and back with 2K words of RAM and 36K words of ROM.

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[Guest Bill Sharpe]

Re: What "F" key do i tap to bring up "repair Windows"?

 

Richard Landis wrote:

> my computer keeps crashing. i have gotten these error codes so far :

> 0X00000019 , 0X00000024 , OX00000050 , 0X000000C2 , 0X0000008E . I PUT MY

> COPY OF WINDOWS XP IN THE CD ROM DRIVE AND I WANT TO BRING UP THE SCREEN THAT

> GIVES THE OPTION OF REPAIRING .PLEASE REPLY TO RICHARDWLANDIS@YAHOO.COM

 

Whatever key that brings up your BIOS setting, which varies depending on

who made your computer. Change the boot order to boot from CD first,

then you may be able to try repairing or reinstalling Windows.

 

Replies are made to the newsgroup, not to e-mail addresses.

 

Bill

[Guest Alec S.]

Re: What "F" key do i tap to bring up "repair Windows"?

 

"Richard Landis" <Richard Landis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:6B53AF29-5F67-4FED-A981-7B5F9E16DCF5@microsoft.com...

> my computer keeps crashing. i have gotten these error codes so far :

> 0X00000019 , 0X00000024 , OX00000050 , 0X000000C2 , 0X0000008E . I PUT MY

> COPY OF WINDOWS XP IN THE CD ROM DRIVE AND I WANT TO BRING UP THE SCREEN THAT

> GIVES THE OPTION OF REPAIRING .PLEASE REPLY TO RICHARDWLANDIS@YAHOO.COM

 

 

 

Uh, huh, huh, huh… he said f-key. Yeah, f-key, f-keeeeey!!!

 

Sorry.

 

 

Anyway, you’re probably asking about F8. Press F8 to bring up the advanced

options menu to select safe-mode etc.

 

If you’re asking about /booting/ from the CD to do a repair-install, you press

any key (space is good) when you see the prompt at the bottom of the screen. It

should give you a few seconds.

 

 

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Alec S.

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[Guest Daave]

Re: What "F" key do i tap to bring up "repair Windows"?

 

"Alec S." <@> wrote in message

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> "Richard Landis" <Richard Landis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in

> message

> news:6B53AF29-5F67-4FED-A981-7B5F9E16DCF5@microsoft.com...

>> my computer keeps crashing. i have gotten these error codes so far :

>> 0X00000019 , 0X00000024 , OX00000050 , 0X000000C2 , 0X0000008E . I

>> PUT MY

>> COPY OF WINDOWS XP IN THE CD ROM DRIVE AND I WANT TO BRING UP THE

>> SCREEN THAT

>> GIVES THE OPTION OF REPAIRING .PLEASE REPLY TO

>> RICHARDWLANDIS@YAHOO.COM

>

>

>

> Uh, huh, huh, huh. he said f-key. Yeah, f-key, f-keeeeey!!!

>

> Sorry.

>

>

> Anyway, you're probably asking about F8. Press F8 to bring up the

> advanced

> options menu to select safe-mode etc.

 

I doubt that this is what Richard is asking about. Note that he said he

has his "copy of Windows XP in the CD ROM drive."

> If you're asking about /booting/ from the CD to do a repair-install,

> you press

> any key (space is good) when you see the prompt at the bottom of the

> screen. It

> should give you a few seconds.

 

That's probably it.

 

To Richard:

 

In case you do want to perform a repair install but your PC is not

booting off the CD drive, you need to enter the BIOS to configure your

PC to boot off your CD drive rather than off the hard drive. If you saw

Rich's post, his link contains another link that answers your question:

 

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

 

And again, here is the link for repair install instructions:

 

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

 

In the future, please refrain from posting in all caps. Not only is

"shouting" considered rude, but it is difficult to read. Please use

mixed-case.

 

Also, posting your unmunged e-mail address will undoubtedly result in

more spam arriving in your inbox. Finally, since this is Usenet, answers

should appear in this thread, so you shouldn't be asking for private

replies in the first place. This has the added benefit that others who

have similar issues will be able to see the solutions, too.

[Guest Alec S.]

Re: What "F" key do i tap to bring up "repair Windows"?

 

"Daave" <dcwashNOSPAM@myrealboxXYZ.invalid> wrote in message

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> > Anyway, you're probably asking about F8. Press F8 to bring up the

> > advanced options menu to select safe-mode etc.

>

> I doubt that this is what Richard is asking about. Note that he said he

> has his "copy of Windows XP in the CD ROM drive."

 

 

He also asked which function key to use, hence both interpretations.

 

Hopefully he takes a look here for answers instead of his email.

 

 

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[Guest Daave]

Re: What "F" key do i tap to bring up "repair Windows"?

 

"Alec S." <@> wrote in message

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> "Daave" <dcwashNOSPAM@myrealboxXYZ.invalid> wrote in message

> news:%235G5I42DJHA.3636@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>> > Anyway, you're probably asking about F8. Press F8 to bring up the

>> > advanced options menu to select safe-mode etc.

>>

>> I doubt that this is what Richard is asking about. Note that he said

>> he

>> has his "copy of Windows XP in the CD ROM drive."

> He also asked which function key to use, hence both interpretations.

 

Very often, an F-key is necessary to access the BIOS. He already put his

disk in the drive and he said he wants to "repair Windows." So I'm

ninety-five percent sure OP is referring to how to make it possible to

boot off the CD-ROM drive.

 

But I've been wrong many times in the past. :-)

> Hopefully he takes a look here for answers instead of his email.

 

Agreed. He's using Microsoft's godawful Web interface, so that's not a

great sign. :-(