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by mychjr

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hi all, i have a toshiba satellite A40 laptop that had problems, i tried repairing it using the XP prof installation CD. Setup starts and reaches the point where it asks which windows installation would you like to log onto (1: C:\WINDOWS), i type 1 and press enter. It then gives me C:\WINDOWS>
What am i supposed to do next.
pls advise ASAP.

Mike.

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by labuiacs

When you boot to the WinXP pro CD, one of the first prompts asks you if you want to repair a previous installation by pressing "r". This is the repair console. This is used to replace and or repair windows components. First you have to know what to fix. If you want Windows to automate the repair by re-writing all O/S components while preserving your settings and information bypass this by continuing the Windows install. The setup will find your XP installation and ask you if you want to repair it. Unless your installation is REALLY messed up, XP setup will find it.

Here is a good article:
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm#RI

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