Thanks much, I'll try it tonight.
>-----Original Message-----
>Go to the next screen. You should see the options to do
either a full
>install or a repair of the existing installation.
>
><> wrote in message
>news:125301c4ab9d$e98550e0$...
>> Yes, I booted from the Dell CD called "Reinstallation
CD -
>> Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition."
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >This is from the Dell Recovery (or whatever Dell calls
>> it) CD after you have
>> >booted from it or are you not required to boot from the
>> CD?
>> >
>> >"Bruce" <> wrote in
>> message
>> >news:05a701c4ab50$dd5efde0$...
>> >> After installing SP2, got different sorts of problems
>> >> until finally, got a black screen:
>> >> "Windows could not start because the following file
is
>> >> missing or corrupt:
>> >> \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM
>> >> You can attempt to repair this file by starting
Windows
>> >> SetUp using the original setup CD-ROM. Select 'r' at
the
>> >> first screen to start repair."
>> >> Well, after getting stuff from both the Dell and
>> Microsoft
>> >> knowledge bases, as well as e-mail support from Dell
>> (what
>> >> a joke these days!), I get stuck in the Windows XP
Setup
>> >> screens. They do not appear as the documentation
says
>> >> they will. The screen after the license agreement is
>> >> supposed to offer the choice to repair an
installation,
>> >> but instead I get a screen that lists the partitions
on
>> my
>> >> hard drives and to select the one where to install
>> Windows
>> >> or to exit. I'm chicken to select the partition
where
>> >> Windows is for fear that it will simply proceed with
>> >> install vs. offering to repair.
>> >
>> >
>> >.
>> >
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