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HelpMePleaseNJ

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    How to: XP repair installation on partioned HD?
    « on: July 28, 2009, 01:25:20 PM »
    I've searched on "How To's" to do this.  However, all of them (example) are like this:

    http://pcsupport.about.com/od/operatingsystems/ss/instxprepair1_5.htm

    I get to step 5 (in the above example), but the next screen/page is different than mine.  What I get is a screen that shows 3 partitions on my HD:

    -: Partition 1 [FAT]         71 MB (62 free)
    C: Partition 2 [NTFS]       71336 MB (25802 free)
    E: Partition 3 [FATS32]    4910 MB (452 free)

    Might sound stupid, but which one is my XP os on, and/or which one should I select?  I can tell you that I went as far as the next step by selecting drive C, (as that's the one I presume I'm attempting to repair).  But again,....even the next screen I get is different from the screen on STEP 7 of the example above.

    Any help is appreciated.  Thank you.

    Just a note.......I want to do a repair of XP, not a clean/new install.  I see that there's an option at the begining to press "R" to repair, but all of the instuctional websites I saw said NOT to choose the "R" option.

    HelpMePleaseNJ

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      Greenhorn

      Re: How to: XP repair installation on partioned HD?
      « Reply #1 on: July 28, 2009, 01:57:05 PM »
      Oops.  Sorry mod(s).  Just realized I posted this thread in the wrong forum.  Please feel free to move if need be.

      Karnac



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        Re: How to: XP repair installation on partioned HD?
        « Reply #2 on: July 29, 2009, 01:59:32 PM »
        C is the drive you want.
        Try this repair and see if it gets you through.

        http://michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm


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