vasanth_12345 said:
ashu u r telling me wat i already know man,I wanted a way around it.u have to waste 1 hour to install xp afresh.thats wat deters me.anyway i tied to install it without going into the recovery console.didnt ask for any repair options.after that i retried getting into the recovery console and typing fixboot.It ******* up more. it gave a ntldr file missing press a key to restart.i had to install 98 again.anyway can any one tell me fixboot option does.i am still 17
Common man cool down......
So it didn't ask for repair options, there is still a workaround man....... Why do you get frustrated. Here's how you can make it to show the Repair option. Just follow the steps. This should CERTAINLY help. If you don't understand or this doesn't help, please notify me..........
>>Boot into the comp with the help of XP Bootable CD
>>Press 'R' on the first screen and login to the account of the administrator
>>Type in
and press enter
>>It will ask which Windows XP installation would you like to configure. You have only one option here so type in
and press enter.
>>It will ask you to give a name for the installation. Give any name eg. khAttAm_
>>Now type in
and press enter
>>The computer should reboot now.
>>Again boot into the computer with the CD and on the first screen DO NOT PRESS 'R'. Press <Enter>
>>Now it will ask you to Repair. Press 'R'
>>Now repair process should start and XP shall be repaired witout losing all your installed programs and configurations. However, Service Packs and Critical Updates will be lost (if they are not integrated to the installation CD. To know how to integrate, read Digit Magagine or just PM me)
AND you CANNOT install 98 if the first partition (c
is Ntfs. No way!!
Don't try this stupid thing again.
If you want to install 98 too, make sure the first drive (C
is FAT32 and NOT Ntfs.
By the Way, why do you want to install 98?? Do let me know.
I'm just 16 but hope I could help.................... Coz I have gone through these ______ ....................