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
>
>
>


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