system recovery didn't fully finish

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I did a system recovery to clean the computer. And it did
just fine. I went through all the little questions and
the it started but instead of the desktop all i got was a
black screen and a mouse curser. After 20 minutes I
restarted and got the error message: "The system is not
fully installed. Please run setup again." The recovery
info said it used a partition on the harddrive so I have
no CD to use. I am running Windows XP Home Edition from
maybe 2002. I can't remember the year. Plese help.

 

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Boot and press F8 for the safe mode menu, choose Safe Mode with Command Prompt

HOW TO Start System Restore Tool from Command Prompt (Q304449): http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q304/4/49.asp

Run restore again, and you will get an 'un-do' option

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Mark L. Ferguson (NOT an MS-MVP)
FAQ for MS Antispyware version 1.0.509
http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/FAQ_MSantispy.htm
marfers notes for windows xp http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/chatNotes.htm
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"twilite" <moonlite9285@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:062701c53953$589425e0$a501280a@phx.gbl...
>I did a system recovery to clean the computer. And it did
> just fine. I went through all the little questions and
> the it started but instead of the desktop all i got was a
> black screen and a mouse curser. After 20 minutes I
> restarted and got the error message: "The system is not
> fully installed. Please run setup again." The recovery
> info said it used a partition on the harddrive so I have
> no CD to use. I am running Windows XP Home Edition from
> maybe 2002. I can't remember the year. Plese help.
>