> You can attempt to restore this file by using the original
> Windows setup CD. Select R at the first screen to start repair.
>
> Now the question:
>
> When we did this we got the message that everything would be lost, so
> we went no further.
>
> Seems to me that in an earlier discussion someone said that
> after you hit restore you would then get other choices, one of them
> being "repair" and that only when you made a selection would
> the action begin.
Win you boot from the XP CD, you should get a prompt giving you several
choices. I think the default is to "setup Windows XP now". That's a full
installation and it probably will wipe out what's currently on your
disk. But you should also see "To repair a Windows XP installation using
Recovery Console, press R". That will do a repair install, which will
leave the current contents of your disk intact.
Is it possible that your computer came with a "restore CD" instead of a
system CD? Those things are good only to restore your computer to the
way it left the factory, destroying all data and installed programs in
the process.
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Tim Slattery
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