Do not press any key to boot from CD when the message appears. Setup will copy the necessary files to the hard drive and reboot. If Repair is not one of the options, END setup.
Select the XP installation you want to repair from the list and press R to start the repair.
Accept the License Agreement and Windows will search for existing Windows installations.ĥ. I repeat, do not choose "To repair a Windows XP installation using the Recovery Console, press R".Ĥ. do not choose "To repair a Windows XP installation using the Recovery Console, press R", (you Do Not want to load Recovery Console). To setup Windows XP now and Repair Install, press ENTER. To quit Setup without installing Windows XP, press F3.ģ. To repair a Windows XP installation using Recovery Console, press R. This portion of the Setup program prepares Microsoft When you see the "Welcome To Setup" screen, you will see the options below Check your system documentation for steps to access the BIOS and change the boot order.Ģ. You may need to change the boot order in the system BIOS so the CD boots before the hard drive. You can print a text version for reference. Please read carefully and make sure you followed the warning links before initiating the Repair Install. If anyone can help me I would really appreciate it!!!! Thank you! I'm afraid to try recovery console or other measures in case it deletes my data.
At the very least I just need access to my data and then I'm fine reformatting from the beginning. I'm not sure where the error is and if it's a registry error if there is any way to repair it. I have a lot of important files that I need to access and I've tried booting from the Windows XP disc and tried a repair install, but the option to repair was not listed. Multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS\System32\Drivers\f joth jhx.sysĪnd I can't get into windows even in safe mode. I am able to get into the F8 advanced options menu but I am not able to use last known good configuration and when I try to use safe mode or even safe mode with command prompt the next screen starts loading but stops with the line: However, after this reboot the Dell screen shows and then it just stops on a black screen and windows xp never loads. A few days ago my Dell Inspiron 5150 laptop got infected with some spyware () and some other virus and after running my spybot, antivirus programs, ad-aware, etc.