Eelco: Check for setup.exe in the i386 directory also.
Mary Smith
October 10, 2005 2:54 PM
Leo - In regards to copying the i386 file (or any file larger than the usual 700mb on a CD), why not use a DVD-RW which usually stores 4.7gb of digital info. The DVD-RW doesn't have to be used for video.
Leo
October 10, 2005 2:57 PM
Certainly. Though not everyone has DVD writers.
ashley hoffman
December 6, 2005 5:43 PM
hey leo,
um i have a problem see i have got msn and it dont work any more suddlny i like redid every thing i deleted itr repaired it everythin but it still say this this service is temperaly unavible and my freinds can get on and it makes me really mad so plz hhwlp
Seth
December 13, 2005 9:39 AM
Hi-
I just need a little clarification. If I use the image on the hard drive to fully reinstall windows (because no cd was sent with the laptop), will the reinstalled version automatically copy the image to the hd again? I guess to get to the point, will I always be able to reinstall then at some later date reinstall or repair again with the same trick?
Leo
December 15, 2005 9:55 PM
No - the installation simply sets up windows. NO installation, CD or otherwise, copies that image you might find. That was a manual, or separate, step someone did separately.
John
December 27, 2005 9:58 AM
I read your prior article on this, but my situation is little different. I received a few computers from a company as a result of an office closing. The computers are currently running Windows 2000 and require a valid login account to accese (I don't have a valid account). There is a Windows XP Professional product key sticker on the side of the machine. I would like to install a fresh version of XP Pro using the key but I don't have a disk. What are my options?
Thanks,
John
Leo A. Notenboom
December 27, 2005 10:26 AM
You'll need a CD. You can use the one CD and use each machine's product key as found on each sticker.
joseph
March 17, 2006 11:36 AM
MAY YOU ANSWER THIS QUESTION PLEASE????
ONCE I SWITCH MY PC ON I GET THIS MESSAGE:
--WINDOWS COULD NOT START BECAUSE THE FOLLOWING FILE IS MISSING OR CORRUPT: /WINDOWS/SYSTEM32/CONF/SYSTEM
YOU CAN ATTEND TO REPAIR THIS FILE BY STARTING SET UP USING THE ORIGINAL SET UP CD-ROOM.
SELECT R AT THE FIRST SCREEN TO START REPAIR.
I have no CD - how do I get at Windows XP setup
MANY THANKS
Leo
March 18, 2006 5:31 PM
If you can't even boot into safe mode or the recovery console, then you need a CD of some sort.
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September 30, 2005 10:47 PM
Eelco: Check for setup.exe in the i386 directory also.
October 10, 2005 2:54 PM
Leo - In regards to copying the i386 file (or any file larger than the usual 700mb on a CD), why not use a DVD-RW which usually stores 4.7gb of digital info. The DVD-RW doesn't have to be used for video.
October 10, 2005 2:57 PM
Certainly. Though not everyone has DVD writers.
December 6, 2005 5:43 PM
hey leo,
um i have a problem see i have got msn and it dont work any more suddlny i like redid every thing i deleted itr repaired it everythin but it still say this this service is temperaly unavible and my freinds can get on and it makes me really mad so plz hhwlp
December 13, 2005 9:39 AM
Hi-
I just need a little clarification. If I use the image on the hard drive to fully reinstall windows (because no cd was sent with the laptop), will the reinstalled version automatically copy the image to the hd again? I guess to get to the point, will I always be able to reinstall then at some later date reinstall or repair again with the same trick?
December 15, 2005 9:55 PM
No - the installation simply sets up windows. NO installation, CD or otherwise, copies that image you might find. That was a manual, or separate, step someone did separately.
December 27, 2005 9:58 AM
I read your prior article on this, but my situation is little different. I received a few computers from a company as a result of an office closing. The computers are currently running Windows 2000 and require a valid login account to accese (I don't have a valid account). There is a Windows XP Professional product key sticker on the side of the machine. I would like to install a fresh version of XP Pro using the key but I don't have a disk. What are my options?
Thanks,
John
December 27, 2005 10:26 AM
You'll need a CD. You can use the one CD and use each machine's product key as found on each sticker.
March 17, 2006 11:36 AM
MAY YOU ANSWER THIS QUESTION PLEASE????
ONCE I SWITCH MY PC ON I GET THIS MESSAGE:
--WINDOWS COULD NOT START BECAUSE THE FOLLOWING FILE IS MISSING OR CORRUPT: /WINDOWS/SYSTEM32/CONF/SYSTEM
YOU CAN ATTEND TO REPAIR THIS FILE BY STARTING SET UP USING THE ORIGINAL SET UP CD-ROOM.
SELECT R AT THE FIRST SCREEN TO START REPAIR.
I have no CD - how do I get at Windows XP setup
MANY THANKS
March 18, 2006 5:31 PM
If you can't even boot into safe mode or the recovery console, then you need a CD of some sort.
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