No problem we can move on to a
Repair Installation which should take care of everything.
Repair Installation Instructions · Insert your
Windows XP CD in your
CD-ROM and then
Restart your computer.
· At the first post screen start tapping the
Del key to enter
System Bios· Find the
Advance Options or
Boot Sequence screen.
· You will need to change the boot sequence so that the
CDrom is first and the
HD is second.
· Press
F10 to Save and Exit and then press
Enter to accept.
· The system will now reboot
· When the
"Press any key to boot from CD" message is displayed on your screen, press a key to start your computer from the
Windows XP CD.· When you see the following message displayed on the
Welcome to Setup screen, press
ENTER·
To setup Windows XP now, press ENTER.
· At this point an option to press
R to enter the Recovery Console is displayed.
DO NOT SELECT THIS OPTION.
· On the
Windows XP Licensing Agreement screen, press
F8 to agree to the license agreement.
· Make sure that your current installation of
Windows XP is selected and highlighted in the box, and then press the
R key to repair
Windows XP.· Follow the instructions on the screen to complete Setup.
You can also go
HERE to read a step by step tutorial with screenshots.