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**laboye** · 06-20-2006, 05:24 AM

Yep, recovery console is the way to go here, If that doesnt work, run a system repair from the XP CD. To do so:

Start up off of the XP CD as if you were to format and start fresh.

Hit "Enter" on the welcome screen
Agree to the license agreement by hitting "F8"
Setup will scan for existing windows installations and give you a list.
Select your Windows XP installation and press "R" to repair the installation.

Doing this will not alter any of your programs or user preferences/documents. It will touch Windows and ONLY windows. This will reinstall windows fresh without altering the rest of the volume. Setup will proceed like normal, detecting hardware and rebuilding the registry (windows entries only). If your are not running a corporate lisenced CD, I don't beleive you must re-activate windows when you perform a repair. If you do, and can't activate it, and your CD is legal and genuine, Microsoft will simply give you another key, if you give them a call.

Good Luck!

06-20-2006, 05:24 AM	#3 (permalink)
laboye TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Hollywood, FL Posts: 1,246 OS: Windows xp Pro/Vista Beta 2/Ubuntu 6.06 LTS My System	Yep, recovery console is the way to go here, If that doesnt work, run a system repair from the XP CD. To do so: Start up off of the XP CD as if you were to format and start fresh. Hit "Enter" on the welcome screen Agree to the license agreement by hitting "F8" Setup will scan for existing windows installations and give you a list. Select your Windows XP installation and press "R" to repair the installation. Doing this will not alter any of your programs or user preferences/documents. It will touch Windows and ONLY windows. This will reinstall windows fresh without altering the rest of the volume. Setup will proceed like normal, detecting hardware and rebuilding the registry (windows entries only). If your are not running a corporate lisenced CD, I don't beleive you must re-activate windows when you perform a repair. If you do, and can't activate it, and your CD is legal and genuine, Microsoft will simply give you another key, if you give them a call. Good Luck! Last edited by laboye; 06-20-2006 at 05:27 AM.