Thursday 15 October 2009

Windows XP SP3 - repair and recovery

I just had problem with it, i use the installer CD but somehow it does not have menu to recovery menu. I try to continue to setup, in order to get to the repair, but once again though the partion has already c:\windows, this cd does not recognise it and it then continued to formatting...

So, the only solution for repair/ recovery when your CD does not have that option, use F8 (press plenty of time) after the BIOS POST, so that you ll get the menu to do safe mode - last known good - etc...

if for a reason it doe not fix your problem, install another OS at second HD (add another HD to the PC) or add your HD of WinXP as slave to another PC.

So that you can play with the folders of the WinXP...

Notice :
:\windows\repair -> contain last good regedit hive
:\windows\system32\dllcache contain dlls that last exist before the currently ones in system32.

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