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I have always thought it was a bad idea to do a repair installation of NT, in
this case XP. Unless it's a last resort and you have no other way of
retrieving needed data, I have always avoided it. If a machine seems fried,
I usually just reformat, reinstall, restore, etc.
Yet on the MS site it gives instructions for a repair install (KB315341),
and it seems to suggest that the only thing that needs to be done afterward
is to reinstall updates. I assume that means service packs and Windows
Updates.
It does mention data and program loss on OEM versions (KB312368 and 312369),
but I'm not concerned about that as all our OSs are installed from an image
that we create. There is also mention of obvious things such as losing
Restore Points.
I'm very skeptical that a machine will work properly after a repair
installation and then simply reinstalling updates.
Any opinions, anecdotes or suggestions regarding this?
Thanks.
I have always thought it was a bad idea to do a repair installation of NT, in
this case XP. Unless it's a last resort and you have no other way of
retrieving needed data, I have always avoided it. If a machine seems fried,
I usually just reformat, reinstall, restore, etc.
Yet on the MS site it gives instructions for a repair install (KB315341),
and it seems to suggest that the only thing that needs to be done afterward
is to reinstall updates. I assume that means service packs and Windows
Updates.
It does mention data and program loss on OEM versions (KB312368 and 312369),
but I'm not concerned about that as all our OSs are installed from an image
that we create. There is also mention of obvious things such as losing
Restore Points.
I'm very skeptical that a machine will work properly after a repair
installation and then simply reinstalling updates.
Any opinions, anecdotes or suggestions regarding this?
Thanks.