In a message dated 10/1/2006 8:52:50 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Certainly a repair install might eliminate the need to verify that you have
an upgradable copy of Windows. I can't recall when I have done a repair
install.
Hi Jim:
It is the most common way to fix a windows problem. You should
go to the Microsoft support site I included with my post. Unfortunately
if you have an OEM "Recovery set" and don't have a Windows CD then
you can't use it.
I've posted these instructions to the group about 12 times over the last
year but no one looks at the archives.
Anyone can repair a PC in six steps.
1) Reboot.
2) Restore.
3) Remove, means any recently installed software, and remove any
hardware that is not necessary for the PC to boot. Try safe mode.
4) Reinstall the software. be it the drivers or Windows or the programs.
5) Re-secure. Means disconnect and reconnect every removable plug
or hardware, reseat the Memory, reseat the CPU etc. This step
might include using the vacuum and paint brush also.
6) Replace or substitute hardware. By the time hardware fails it is
usually ready for upgrade anyway ie. memory, hard drive etc. If it's
more than that the PC is most likely ready for replacement.
It works every time. After all what else is there to fix.
If one only has a "Recovery Set" the first thing he should do is purchase
an Imaging program and create his own recovery set then throw away the
OEM recovery set.
Microsoft calls step 4) a "Windows in place upgrade (reinstallation)"
otherwise known as a "repair reinstallation". While there are some
cautions
I've done this a hundred or more times and never had a failure nor lost
stuff.
If you Google that phrase, you will get several hundred WEB site pages on
the subject.
Emile
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