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Name: irishmary
Date: July 9, 2007 at 13:54:21 Pacific
OS: XP
CPU/Ram: conroe duocore/1gig
Product: ASUS MB
Comment:

HI,had some trouble with vista, ended up removing it but now can't install xp,get to first reboot and it starts from scratch
went into recovery on xp disk,
c:\windows>enable/all
it says;
the system registry does not appear to have an active controlset key.
the system registry may be damaged.
CAN ANYONE PLEASE HELP WITH THIS ONE :(



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Response Number 1
Name: jefro
Date: July 9, 2007 at 14:11:57 Pacific
Reply:

Kind of hard to say. You didn't say how you installed the Vista exactly.

I think I'd forget the recovery deal and try to get the clean boot install working. If you have files on the partition that you need then STOP now and get a live linux cd to try to copy the files off to a disk or networked drive.

I read it wrong and answer it wrong too. So get off my case you goober.


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Response Number 2
Name: max00
Date: July 9, 2007 at 14:33:02 Pacific
Reply:

If you are trying to install a fresh (clean) XP, download and run DelPart. It will clean the drive.

http://www.russelltexas.com/delpart...


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Response Number 3
Name: XpUser
Date: July 9, 2007 at 14:39:41 Pacific
Reply:

No - don't use delpart. It will also nuke the hidden partition containing the recovery files for your preinstalled XP. Without it you're at your wit end. Instead, use BartPE to format the partition, reboot & insert the recovery CD.

i_XpUser


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Response Number 4
Name: max00
Date: July 9, 2007 at 14:49:54 Pacific
Reply:

Xp, what makes you believe there is a hidden partition?

Irish Mary hasn't indicated that it is an OEM machine. Do you know something that I don't?


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Response Number 5
Name: XpUser
Date: July 9, 2007 at 16:45:23 Pacific
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It's not quite clear to me whether or not irishmary has XP preinstalled.

In any event, PCs sold without any OS preinstalled has no hidden partition. On the other hands, those that do have it. Traditionally OEM system builders put part of the OS in the hidden partition and part on the recovery CD. They both depend on each other for the recovery to work successfully.

i_XpUser


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Response Number 6
Name: max00
Date: July 9, 2007 at 17:09:20 Pacific
Reply:

OK thanks, Xp. The fact that she didn't indicate that she had an OEM system, had tried to install Vista and went back to XP, made me 'assume' that she probably didn't have a hidden partition. So I recommended DelPart.


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Response Number 7
Name: irishmary
Date: July 16, 2007 at 12:52:04 Pacific
Reply:

hi back again,
i installed xp from my genuine xp sp2 disk.
can i wipe whole computer,hdd's and registry/bios and start from scratch with fresh install??


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Response Number 8
Name: irishmary
Date: July 16, 2007 at 13:14:36 Pacific
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hi back again


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