----- Original Message ----- From: "CW" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, June 04, 2006 3:25 PM Subject: [H] %program files% variable all hosed
Had to do a repair install of WindowsXP 64 on a machine in the house. Now, the %program files% variable is wonky.. it > basically doesn't find it. (ie, go to a prompt, cd %program files% gets nothing) and programs, as a result, also are unable to
You support my argument for formatting and reinstalling from the start. Rarely has a repair install went the way I wanted it to go. Most times it just fails to complete. Could it be that repair installs bog down in the tons of updates that have been applied to be completely up to date?
I wanted to migrate from a 250 GB hard drive to a 400 GB hard drive. I partitioned and cloned all of my data to my new hard drive. Windows XP would not boot. I tried a repair install and it would not go all the way through. So I reverted back to my 250 GB hard drive and I will live with it until I either change computers or for other reasons do a format and clean install.
I clone the results of clean installs on customer's computers. I successfully restore these clones when their Windows crashes. In most situations Windows XP boots ok. My guess is cloning a load that has lots of junk on it does not work. My C Drive has over 17 GB of data on it, mostly applications etc. I have my data files on other partitions. I have went over 3 years without formatting and reinstalling. It is my guess this is a main reason I am not being allowed to clone to a larger hard drive and boot up or to complete a repair install.
Chuck
