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Windows xp repair function


Kakarot

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Long story short, when I was trying to get my SLI to work... I botched my OS somehow. I used a second hdd to get things up and running.

 

However, I would like to recover some emails and what not. I do not know how to use the repair function... it just goes to a black dos screen.

 

When I try to boot (normal or safe mode) it gets to the windows loading screen... then just reboots.

 

**Also: 2 update I got into the repair function but then its asks me for drivers.....

 

asks for the CDROM laballed SRCDATA

 

I tried the dfi floppy, cdrom and windows... no go?!

 

Any advice would be appreciated, or what command to run in repair that may right this.

 

Thx in advance

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hook up your hdd where your files are, to the secondary channel with a slave jumper setting, windows should detect the hdd if it is in the ntfs partition

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or if u want to restore windows, just put the windows CD in, boot to CD, then after agreeing F8, it *should* detect a "previous windows installation. Would you like to repair this windows instalation instead? Press R". then u press R. :D

 

it will bring windows back to whne u installed it first, but u dont loose any settings, programs, emails, stuff.... just reinstalling the OS itself.

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or if u want to restore windows, just put the windows CD in, boot to CD, then after agreeing F8, it *should* detect a "previous windows installation. Would you like to repair this windows instalation instead? Press R". then u press R. :D

 

it will bring windows back to whne u installed it first, but u dont loose any settings, programs, emails, stuff.... just reinstalling the OS itself.

 

I do that, but it brings me to a dos screen! Not the windows screen? If I could get this to work, like you say above. It will be SWEET!

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reinstall windows on top of the current windows install on your bad hdd

arnt your emails on the email company server?

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like account names?

 

Had 3 identities

 

darrow

meighan

kakarot?

 

Also: 2 update I got into the repair function but then its asks me for drivers.....

 

asks for the CDROM laballed SRCDATA

 

I tried the dfi floppy, cdrom and windows... no go?!

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