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by tonytib
11/8/06 4:19:47 PM
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New OK, Windows XP Setup does not recognize it's already there
any suggestions on how to get Windows XP setup to realise it's already installed so it can do a repair?

TIA,
Tony
Post #272,665
by Andrew Grygus
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11/8/06 8:59:08 PM
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New That's the point where I tell the client . . .
. . it's a full reinstall. I don't know if it can be recovered from but I encounter it now and then. If a repair install fails during install you'll often get that situation.
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     WinXP repair advice needed - (tonytib) - (15) - Nov. 8, 2006, 01:13:56 PM EST
         With a Dell, you must have a Dell XP disk . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (7) - Nov. 8, 2006, 01:29:31 PM EST
             Nice. :-/ -NT - (Another Scott) - Nov. 8, 2006, 01:30:21 PM EST
             I'm pretty sure she's got a Dell disk - (tonytib) - Nov. 8, 2006, 01:42:40 PM EST
             That number's phony? - (static) - (4) - Nov. 8, 2006, 08:38:26 PM EST
                 Re: That number's phony? - (Andrew Grygus) - (2) - Nov. 8, 2006, 09:02:36 PM EST
                     My scenario doesn't fit your list. - (static) - (1) - Nov. 8, 2006, 11:02:54 PM EST
                         Yup, XP Pro is a different story . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - Nov. 8, 2006, 11:38:31 PM EST
                 Concur (oh, Pro/Home dichotomy. Ignore) -NT - (pwhysall) - Nov. 8, 2006, 11:39:54 PM EST
         OK, Windows XP Setup does not recognize it's already there - (tonytib) - (1) - Nov. 8, 2006, 04:19:47 PM EST
             That's the point where I tell the client . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - Nov. 8, 2006, 08:59:08 PM EST
         Have you tried.. - (bepatient) - (1) - Nov. 8, 2006, 05:46:20 PM EST
             Trying bootcfg right now; fixboot will be next -NT - (tonytib) - Nov. 8, 2006, 06:02:03 PM EST
         Looks like a problem with file system, but - (tonytib) - (1) - Nov. 8, 2006, 08:17:13 PM EST
             You're doing everything I could suggest. Luck! -NT - (Another Scott) - Nov. 8, 2006, 08:20:09 PM EST
         Reinstall. - (Silverlock) - Nov. 8, 2006, 09:38:37 PM EST

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