You will be asked to setup up Windows, or repair Windows with the recovery console. Once completed, you will be confronted with 'Windows Setup'. If you are unsure whether you have RAID/SCSI, then simply let the CD load without pressing F6. Most users will not have to press F6, but if you are running RAID, SCSI or unsupported ATA controllers, then you need your controller drivers on a floppy disk. You will be prompted to 'press F6 to install any third party SCSI or RAID drivers'. A blue screen will appear and will begin loading XP setup from the CD.If you are unable to boot from the XP/2000 CD, then please check the last step in this short guide. Windows XP Pro SP2 CD will work on an older WinXP Pro SP1 installation)īefore the Windows logo appears, you will be asked to press any key to boot from CD, so do just that. Place the CD in your CDROM and start your computer. Please make sure it is the same version of Windows that is currently installed on your computer (ex. You must boot from your XP or 2000 CD.You can find more information about disk utilities here: I strongly recommend you run a disk utility on your hard drive before performing a system repair. System repair will only repair your software. In these cases, the system repair function will not work. This can often be due to hardware failure (bad hard disk, memory or CPU for example). Often times, when Windows is rendered unbootable, there is a good reason. It may be necessary to reactivate your Windows XP as well.įirst, figure out what CAUSED the problem. Drivers will also be reverted to their original XP versions, as well as some settings (Including by not limited to network & performance settings). Note: The system repair function will remove any updates you have previously installed that are not included on the CD.

May allow you to install new motherboards or make other large hardware changes that XP may not readily accept with PnP.May allow drive to be installed on another system or motherboard with different chipset.May repair/reinstall missing Windows components or solve otherwise quirky behavior.May allow Windows to load properly if there are critical driver, software or registry problems which have rendered the system unbootable.This will allow you to repair your Windows XP/2000 installation (hopefully) without having to losing your data or settings. Is your system unable to boot into Windows XP/2000 or even Safe Mode? Whether you get a blue screen or XP/2000 just hangs, then this information is for you. HOW TO PERFORM AN 'IN PLACE UPGRADE' / SYSTEM REPAIR

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