repair install

I'm trying to perform a repair install on a computer that will boot just to
the point that it switches to the blue screen that says "Windows starting
up". At that point it freezes. It's a two year old, home built machine
running XP Home. The original disk does not have SP1 or 2, it's an older
disk from a computer that no longer exists. It's not an OEM copy.

Question..When I try to load the disk so that I can do a repair it asks for
the administrator password. I've never set a password on this machine, and
I'm the one who built it. Is there a way around this??? Any tips or
suggestions are greatly appreciated.

Jim McConaughey wrote:
> I'm trying to perform a repair install on a computer that will boot just to
> the point that it switches to the blue screen that says "Windows starting
> up". At that point it freezes. It's a two year old, home built machine
> running XP Home. The original disk does not have SP1 or 2, it's an older
> disk from a computer that no longer exists. It's not an OEM copy.
>
> Question..When I try to load the disk so that I can do a repair it asks for
> the administrator password. I've never set a password on this machine, and
> I'm the one who built it. Is there a way around this??? Any tips or
> suggestions are greatly appreciated.
>
>

You're in the Recovery Console which means you're in the wrong place.
Please also note that you will need to do the Repair Install with a
version of XP that matches the one on the computer; i.e., XP Home
SP[whatever], retail or OEM, etc.

http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm - Repair Install
How-To


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