Administrative password

[Guest Leasee]

HI. I have what I hope will be an easy question. I am attempting to repair my

XP Home installation, and when I get to the screen that asks if I want to

install or repair, I choose repair and them it asks me for a password. I hit

enter, and it goes to the C drive designation. What do I do after that? I

don't see an option to repair. Thanks in advance for your help. The XP

version is 1a and I have a Dell Optiplex GX 270

[Guest R. McCarty]

Re: Administrative password

 

Common issue, there are TWO distinct Repair operations from the

XP Boot CD. The 1st is the Recovery Console ( Which you selected ).

What you have to do to perform a Repair or In-Place install is select

Install. Immediately the setup will check for an existing instance of XP

and if detected ask if you'd like to repair it.

*If the Setup does not detect an existing install DO NOT continue as

you'll end up overwriting you existing XP with a fresh instance.

 

Check the following for excellent instructions on how to proceed:

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

 

 

"Leasee" <Leasee@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:98A461BD-B406-4C2C-9870-10FD29865ADE@microsoft.com...

> HI. I have what I hope will be an easy question. I am attempting to repair

> my

> XP Home installation, and when I get to the screen that asks if I want to

> install or repair, I choose repair and them it asks me for a password. I

> hit

> enter, and it goes to the C drive designation. What do I do after that? I

> don't see an option to repair. Thanks in advance for your help. The XP

> version is 1a and I have a Dell Optiplex GX 270

[Guest Leasee]

Re: Administrative password

 

Thanks so much, this is extremely helpful. I appreciate you.

 

"R. McCarty" wrote:

> Common issue, there are TWO distinct Repair operations from the

> XP Boot CD. The 1st is the Recovery Console ( Which you selected ).

> What you have to do to perform a Repair or In-Place install is select

> Install. Immediately the setup will check for an existing instance of XP

> and if detected ask if you'd like to repair it.

> *If the Setup does not detect an existing install DO NOT continue as

> you'll end up overwriting you existing XP with a fresh instance.

>

> Check the following for excellent instructions on how to proceed:

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

>

>

> "Leasee" <Leasee@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:98A461BD-B406-4C2C-9870-10FD29865ADE@microsoft.com...

> > HI. I have what I hope will be an easy question. I am attempting to repair

> > my

> > XP Home installation, and when I get to the screen that asks if I want to

> > install or repair, I choose repair and them it asks me for a password. I

> > hit

> > enter, and it goes to the C drive designation. What do I do after that? I

> > don't see an option to repair. Thanks in advance for your help. The XP

> > version is 1a and I have a Dell Optiplex GX 270

>

>

>

[Guest Bruce Chambers]

Re: Administrative password

 

Leasee wrote:

> HI. I have what I hope will be an easy question. I am attempting to repair my

> XP Home installation, and when I get to the screen that asks if I want to

> install or repair, I choose repair and them it asks me for a password. I hit

> enter, and it goes to the C drive designation. What do I do after that?

 

 

Description of the Windows XP Recovery Console (Q314058)

http://support.microsoft.com/directory/article.asp?ID=kb;en-us;Q314058

 

 

 

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