To repair the selected Windows XP installation, press R. To continue installing a fresh copy of Windows XP without repairing, press ESC. If you don’t have the “press R” option, you can’t perform a Repair Install. Once highlighted, press R; Wait for the process to perform Repair Install. Don't forget to listen to your computer to see if it has the 'Clunk of death' in the hard drive before starting any windows repairs. Recovering from a corrupt hive, windows system32/config file errors or even some registry stop errors like c0000218 can be easy if you know how to get into system restore without windows being able to load.
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Unlike Windows 7, its prior versions Vista and XP don’t allow you create a system repair disc. Many of us don’t have an installation disc to repair our Vista or XP installations. If you are a Windows Vista user, you can always download the Vista Repair Disc for free to repair Vista boot and other problems. But there are no such options available for XP as you have to use the default Repair option present in the installation disc. As novice users always find it difficult to fix Windows XP boot problems or installation problems with or without the installation CD, here we have a cool solution to repair Windows XP boot problems without the installation CD. Note that you can also use this guide to repair Windows Vista and Windows 7 as well. In this guide, we use a simple free tool called “Paragon Rescue Kit” that helps you repair most of Windows boot problems.
The beauty of this free program is that it offers you a simple step-by-step graphical user interface to repair Windows issues. Follow the procedure given below to repair Windows without the installation disc. Repair Windows Windows 7/Vista without reinstalling1. First you need to download Paragon Rescue Kit software. The setup file is 45 MB and is available to download for free at cnet download center. 2. Kick start the setup to see Unpack and Burn Wizard. As the title suggests, it allows you burn the Rescue Kit image to the CD/DVD. You need to register this program to receive the free product key and serial number. Simply click the given link and enter your name and email ID to receive registration key and number. 3. Once the rescue kit is ready to use, you can use the rescue CD/DVD on any PC. 4. Insert the previously burnt ISO-image of the bootable CD into the drive and then reboot your machine. Wait for a few seconds to see the first screen of the Rescue Kit program (see the screenshot below). If you are not able to boot into the Rescue Kit program, please make sure that you have set the default boot priority to CD/DVD drive in the BIOS. 5. Select normal mode to enter into the main menu. 6. In the main menu, you will see the following options: # File transfer wizard Repair Windows Xp No Cd# Boot Corrector # Undelete Partition # Log Saver # Reboot the computer # Power off 7. As we need to repair boot problem (s), select Boot Corrector option to see the boot repair options: # Search of valid Windows installations # Correction of the Master Boot Record # Correction of partition boot records # Modification of partition parameters # Correction of boot parameters (boot.ini, BCD) As we are here to repair Windows boot related problem, select “Correct the Master Boot Record” option first and then follow the onscreen procedure to repair the Master Boot Record. And if you have been getting boot.ini missing or BCD related errors select the last option (Correct boot parameters). You can always click the Help button to find more information about the options available in the program. 8. Once you are done, click Finish button to revert to the main menu. 9. Click Reboot the computer option to eject CD and then to reboot the machine.
Windows 7 users can always refer our how to repair Windows 7 boot problems using the start-up repair tool guide.
Fix it.
Yes, you do need a XP PRo CD (not a restore disc as sometimes supplied) to repair windows.
I suggest getting hold of Live Linux CD, such as Knoppix or Suse etc, to access you Hard disk so you can backup your data to a CD-R or DVD-R or a USB drive. Then you can reinstall Windows from scratch again or replace the HD if its faulty.
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Great thanks a lot for that suggestion. I ordered a Knoppix CD right away and of course being Linux it was really cheap. Then I'll download my important files and do a Windows reinstallation. Thanks again.
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I need help with the same problem
How do I access the hard disk with a linux cd? I have no idea how to do any of this. And i really want to access my data to put it on external drive.
Please help me. You can email me. Appreciate any and all help.
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Use a live distribution disk
you can get them from pc mags or buy one, and boot from the CD/DVD.
Create a new post and ask about which version of live linux distro would be best if you need more info.
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U need to mount the hard drive. Find the command line program, its terminal in kubuntu that i use, and type:
sudo mkdir /mnt/disk sudo mount /dev /sdal /mnt/disk
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hello
i want to repair it can u plz tell me how can i do that
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Not sure about the repair, u could boot into safe mode, f8 usually, and see if u get anywere. Regarding recovering files before reinstalling windows, the best way is to use a free linux distro live cd. Search google for kubuntu, and download it, burn the iso to a disc, and boot from cd with in it. Its completely safe and wont harm anything as a live cd is like a try it before u install. Once the cd has loaded the hard drive should already be mounted and u can transfer files to a usb.
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http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=5D600369-0554-4595-8AB4-C34B2860E087&displaylang=en <br>
Microsoft Diagnostics and Recovery Toolset <br><br> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310994 <br> How to obtain Windows XP Setup boot disks <br><br> http://freepctech.com/pc/002/files010.shtml <br> MicroSoft Boot Disks <br><br> MS Windows XP / 2003 / VISTA CD setup file (ISO file) This is a special CD designed to allow you to prepare your system for an installation of any of the above operating systems. The disk also contains all the tools you might need to repair or access an existing OS. <br><br> http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-10877_11-6031733.html <br> 10 things you can do when Windows XP won't boot <br><br> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314058 <br> Description of the Windows XP Recovery Console <br><br> http://www.ambience.sk/fdisk-master-boot-record-windows-linux-lilo-fixmbr.php <br> Download fixmbr - MbrFix tool to repair master boot record <br> MbrFix is same as fixmbr or fdisk /mbr, but works in any Windows including Windows NT, XP, 2000, 2k. <br><br> http://tinyempire.com/notes/ntldrismissing.htm <br> copies boot.ini, ntldr, ntdetect.com from the floppy to the C drive <br> Mathtype for mac keygen.
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easy fix
You can always use reimage to repair windows it performs an in place reinstallation of all windows files. you can download it here http://reimage.softwaresummary.com/
Repair Windows Xp Sp3 Without Cd
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all that is necessary to fix the 'Unmountable Boot Volume' error is to run chkdsk on it. Even if this inevitably does not effect a repair, it is still the first step in doing so.
For this all that is needed is ANY Windows XP setup disc. Boot from it, let it run just as though you were going to install windows, but at the first screen choose 'R' to run the recovery console. At the C prompt, type chkdsk /r/f (I use both switches because I can never remember which it is per version)
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