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I have a laptop that won't boot. It starts up and I get the initial XP-Pro
splash screen - then nothing. Just a blank screen.
I have put in the XP-Pro CD to try and repair it, but it says "Setup cannot
find a previous version of windows installed on your computer.." I know I
can fool it by putting in a CD of Windows98 or 95 but it then does a new
install and warns me about loosing files in My Documents etc. which I want
to avoid. Has anyone tried this and does it really remove everything?
I noticed a few files were missing from System32 so I copied those from a
Ghost backup of another PC. I have tried all the various safe boot, command
prompt boot to no avail. I suspect there has been a crash, which has removed
some vital files (or the user deleted some files).
How do I get it in a state whereby the windows CD will recognise there is a
valid version present? What vital files is it looking for? Any other plans
of attack?
Thanks
-Jerry
I have a laptop that won't boot. It starts up and I get the initial XP-Pro
splash screen - then nothing. Just a blank screen.
I have put in the XP-Pro CD to try and repair it, but it says "Setup cannot
find a previous version of windows installed on your computer.." I know I
can fool it by putting in a CD of Windows98 or 95 but it then does a new
install and warns me about loosing files in My Documents etc. which I want
to avoid. Has anyone tried this and does it really remove everything?
I noticed a few files were missing from System32 so I copied those from a
Ghost backup of another PC. I have tried all the various safe boot, command
prompt boot to no avail. I suspect there has been a crash, which has removed
some vital files (or the user deleted some files).
How do I get it in a state whereby the windows CD will recognise there is a
valid version present? What vital files is it looking for? Any other plans
of attack?
Thanks
-Jerry