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No FIXBOOT on my XP Home installation ?????

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No FIXBOOT on my XP Home installation ?????

I've sought help from net--"use FIXBOOT blalh blah blah."
I have XP Home, SP3, installed on my machine, missing Fixboot.
Searched original XP Home CD, missing Fixboot.
Can someone explain this to me ?

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XPHome SP3; AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+; ?DFI NF590 SLI; ?Corsair DDR2 800 TWIN 2GB;
Seagate 160GB SATA; 2X ?SLI: eVGA 7900 GT KO.
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1) Configure your computer to boot from the CD drive.
2) Insert your XP CD and boot from it.
3) You'll see some files being copied, then you'll be presented with a choice of installing or
repairing an existing installation. Choose Repair.
4) You'll be asked which XP installation you want to log into. Enter 1. There is usually only
one installation.
5) You'll be prompted for the Administrator password. For Home, the default password is blank, so just hit Enter. For Pro, enter the same password you did during setup for the Administrator account (this is not the same as the password for an Admin level account. It must be the Administrator account password).
6) At the C:\Windows prompt, type FIXBOOT. You'll be prompted to confirm. Do so.
7) When FIXBOOT is finished, remove the XP CD and type EXIT and the machine will reboot.
Reconfigure your computer to boot from the hard drive if necessary.


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