Repair of XP (problem)

Hello,

I just did a Repair of XP:
http://www.geekstogo.com/forum/How [...] -t138.html

- Enter (to setup XP)
- F8 (to Agree)
- R (to Repair

However, where it says, "Your almost finished! Windows XP will appear to be installing itself for the first time, but it will retain all of your data and settings", I forgot to read that part, and thought XP was installing (said it would take 39 min) so quickly pressed the RESTART button on my PC [Damn, I'm an idiot...]

Now, since I screwed that up, when it restarted XP loads the logo, but then the PC restarts again (no loading of my Desktop or anything?...

Right now I'm doing the RECOVERY CONSOLE "chkdsk /r" to see if that'll help. Any suggestions on how to get my PC back to normal? Sorry for long post. Please get back to me ASAP.

Yeah, I tried Repair again;

I can take the same steps, (Enter, F8, and then when I click "R" it asks if I would like to repair again, and I do but it doesn't get to the screen where it says its Installing windows (39minutes)... It just boots up, gets to the XP screen and restarts... [thanks for the quick reply though!] Any other suggestions anyone? Thanks in advance

Sorry for being vague; it does boot from the CD, I can press Enter to install, I press F8, then I click R to repair again (it says something along the lines of already tried repair, would you like to repair again? or something like that) and R goes into the process and finishes, but doesn't show the install screen:

http://web.mit.edu/ist/products/wi [...] pair06.gif

the computer shows WINDOWS logo screen:
http://www.theeldergeek.com/images [...] 0II/dd.gif

After that this screen comes up:

http://www.oakdome.com/lab/wp-cont [...] -start.gif

But says "Setup is being restarted .........." Then restarts the damn computer

I can try doing the process all over again, but just always restarts

Tried pressing F8 to get into safe mode, loads up Windows screen:
http://www.theeldergeek.com/images [...] 0II/dd.gif

Then gets to a screen like this (but without the Yes/No Desktop Window) and says SP1 not SP3 like it used to?!:
http://www.pcsecuritysecrets.com/i [...] arning.gif

Turns black, and restarts

I've got no idea. I've always been able to do the repair and have it work. (of course I've never shut down in the process...) If its not working, back up any important data and formatting is probably your only option.

I read in another thread that if your registry is damaged, it will prevent this option from working. When you shut it down, it could have damaged the registry. Sorry, its all I've got.

I'm not sure what bill is talking about. As you mentioned, the CD you have does boot the computer, but it fails to re-install windows. I still have no clue as to why. At this point I would put another harddrive in your computer, and back up your data. (I'm assuming you didn't do this before you started, shame on you.) Formatting and re-installing at this point would be faster then waiting for someone to come to the forum, and guide you to what you need. You could be back up in as little as 3-4 hours, 2 hours of that is installing windows twice.

Perhaps if we keep posting back and forth it will end up on the front page of toms and people will see it. Not many people come this far down.

Weren't you trying method two? I thought thats what you were doing. If it wasn't, do that now. Thats the repair install I thought you were talking about.

Oh, the CD has to be ran from the Desktop to get to that screen that asks for Upgrade
http://www.windowsxphome.windowsre [...] Image1.gif

http://www.windowsxphome.windowsre [...] Image3.gif

Can't really do that if I can't even get to the desktop...
http://www.windowsxphome.windowsre [...] lpage.htm_