If you do not press a key, your PC will attempt to boot to the operating system that's currently installed on your hard drive. If this happens, simply reboot and try to boot to the CD again. The Windows Setup screen will appear and a number of files and drivers necessary for the setup process will load. On the other hand, if you're installing from an older version of the Windows XP installation CD and you have an SATA hard drive, you will need to press F6 here to load any necessary drivers.
The instructions that came with your hard drive or computer should include this information. For most users, though, this step can be ignored. After the necessary files and drivers are loaded, the Windows XP Professional Setup screen will appear.
Press Enter to set up Windows XP now. Even though the second option is to repair a Windows XP installation , the Recovery Console is not the option we want. We choose to truly perform a complete repair installation a few steps from now.
Read through the agreement and press F8 to confirm that you agree with the terms. Press the Page Down key to advance through the licensing agreement faster. This is not to suggest that you should skip reading the agreement, though! You should always read "small print" especially when it comes to operating systems and other software. On the next screen, Windows XP Setup needs to know which Windows installation you want to either repair or install a fresh copy over. The single installation of Windows on your PC should already be highlighted.
If you have multiple installations, use the arrow keys on your keyboard to select the installation that you are wanting to reinstall. Since we want to repair the selected Windows XP installation , press the R key to continue. Windows XP Setup will now delete the necessary system files from the Windows XP installation that's currently on your hard drive.
This step usually only takes a few seconds and no user intervention is necessary. No data files like word processor files, spreadsheet files, music files, photos, etc.
Only system files that Windows XP is able to restore are being deleted. Windows XP Setup will now copy the necessary installation files from the installation CD to the hard drive.
This step usually only takes a few minutes and no user intervention is necessary. Windows XP will now begin installing. No user intervention is necessary. The Setup will complete in approximately: time estimation on the left is based on the number of tasks that the setup process has left to complete, not on a true estimation of the time it will take to complete them. How satisfied are you with this reply?
Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site. In reply to A. User's post on November 9, In reply to Doctor Jellyface's post on November 10, If you are seeing an error message, what does it say exactly and when do you see it, and as usual we don't know anything about your system so that leads to guessing. Here is a pretty popular example of a Windows Installer error message that might be what you might see when trying to install a program or clicking the "Change" or "Remove" button in Add or Remove Programs on an already installed application: Windows Installer may be corrupted or your computer is in safe mode or perhaps this message: The Windows Installer Service could not be accessed.
This can occur if you are running Windows in safe mode, or if the Windows Installer is not correctly installed. Contact your support personnel for assistance. Instead of contacting your support personnel for assistance, do this: Click Start, Run and in the box enter: services.
Look in the Services applet to see if the Windows Installer Service is even listed and you will find that it is probably not listed but it should be listed. You don't have to set it to Automatic as it will start on it's own when it needs to start and you don't need it starting every time you restart your system and running all day when there is nothing for it to do.
The Service will start when it needs to start if it is able to start. Click OK enough times to save your adjustments and close the Services applet, restart your system to be sure the changes "stick" and see how things look now. When Windows XP has been repaired and is running correctly, reinstall the later version of Internet Explorer. This installation package may still be on the computer from the first time that you installed the later version of Internet Explorer.
Locate the installation package in the folder in which you saved the files. Note This package may be located in the Temporary Internet Files folder. To connect to the Microsoft download site, you must have a functional Web browser. If Internet Explorer 6 does not work on the computer after you uninstall the later version of Internet Explorer, you cannot download the Internet Explorer installation package. Therefore, you will have to use a computer that has a functional Web browser to download the Internet Explorer installation package.
Then, use a shared network drive to install the program from the downloaded installation package on this other computer onto the repaired computer.
If you cannot use a shared network for this purpose, copy the Internet Explorer installation package onto a CD on the second computer. Then, use this CD to install Internet Explorer on the first computer. If you need help about how to install, reinstall, or uninstall Windows, visit the following Microsoft Web site:.
Need more help? Expand your skills. This is not the same as activation, and is completely optional. After that, you will be asked to create your user name and any other user names for people using the computer.
You can add and remove users later if you wish. Update Windows. After setup is complete, you will be taken to your Windows XP desktop. The repair installation reverted Windows back to its initial state, which means any updates, patches, and service packs that were installed have been removed.
You need to update your computer as soon as possible to ensure that you are protected from threats. Continue troubleshooting. If your problem has been fixed, then your repair installation most likely worked. If you are still experiencing problems though, you may need to take your repair efforts further and perform a completely clean install.
This will involve wiping your hard drive of all data and starting over from scratch. See this guide for detailed instruction on performing a clean installation. See this guide for upgrading to Windows 7 and this guide for upgrading to Windows 8.
Not Helpful 3 Helpful 5. I can't get to step 9. I get the message "Insufficient virtual memory". What do I do? You have to delete system32 from your files: 1.
Select files. Click local disk :C. Click on Windows. Search system32 and delete it. Not Helpful 46 Helpful 5. Include your email address to get a message when this question is answered. Helpful 0 Not Helpful 0. Submit a Tip All tip submissions are carefully reviewed before being published. A repair installation should not affect your personal data, but back everything important up just in case. Helpful 8 Not Helpful 6. A repair install will fix any files system files affected by a virus, but will not remove the virus itself.
This means that the files could become infected again unless the virus is removed. Helpful 6 Not Helpful 5. You Might Also Like How to. How to.
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