I'm not sure, but could it be looking for the boot.ini file with a line defining the location of the XP install? Is the boot.ini file empty/non-existant?
Jamie On Wed, October 12, 2005 12:57 pm, Thane Sherrington (S) wrote: > When XP is getting ready to offer to do a repair install, it says > "Searching for Windows installs." What is it looking for? I have a > machine with what appears to be a complete Windows folder, but it won't > boot, and booting from the CD only offers deleting the partition or > installing Windows into the partition that's there. No repair option. > Any > ideas? > > T > > > -- Jamie Furtner [EMAIL PROTECTED] "The difference between intelligence and stupidity is that intelligence has its limits." --unknown
