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Summary: If you don't have your Windows installation CD there are still a few things you can do. If you have an image of your CD, you may be able to do more. I have no CD - how do I get at Windows XP setup? I discussed in a prior article what to do if you have no installation CD for Windows XP. But now once you've found your CD image - where's the setup? What you need will depend on what you're attempting to do. • If you want to make a change to your system configuration - perhaps adding an accessory that you neglected at the original setup - then the place to go is not setup, but the control panel:
That will bring up the dialog that's extremely similar to setup in which you can select the optional Windows components to add or remove. If you're looking to reinstall system files because you suspect corruption what you really need is the System File Checker. This utility validates that all of windows system files are correct and fixes those that are not:
sfc may ask for your installation CD-ROM. (See this article if you don't have one.) Finally, if you really, honestly and truly want to re-install windows, the first step would be to run your installation CD. If you don't have one, you may have an image of the CD on your hard disk. In the I386 directory are two files:
WARNING: character.exe and winnt32.exe are the "start-from-scratch", "do-it-all-over-setup" programs. Use them only if you want a complete re-install of Windows - possibly losing any prior custom configuration changes you'character made, depending on whether setup is installing on top of and can understand a prior installation. • Recent Comments
my system shows hive file missing or corrupted systemroot/config/security Posted by: ace89 at June 22, 2008 04:09 AMHOW do you "copy the (XP) CD to your harddrive? It sounds like a good idea, but I don't know how to do it. Is it that ISO thing? I'm not sure what that is either. I used to be a programmer before I retired, but it was mainframe and sometimes these days I'm just lost. Posted by: Ann Fennell at June 22, 2008 02:22 PMi can not get access to my desktop so how can i run a installation with no desktop ;( Posted by: dorna at July 11, 2008 08:47 AMWhy is it that years ago they would provide a hard disc of the Windows system...but now they only supply a card with the key code written on it? I would like to get an original hard disc of my operating system - Windows XP home edition. How can I go about getting one without having to go to a computer store or other sales venues and buy one? I've paid for it once when I bought this computer...so why can't I get one free???? You mean a CD, not a "hard disk". A hard disk is what's installed in your computer already. This is a choice that manufacturer's make to save money. You should contact the manufacturer of your computer and insist that they include a CD of the OS when you purchase your machine. -Leo Posted by: Al C. at July 25, 2008 02:15 PM Hi Leo, There needs to be a space between "sfc" and "/scannow". -Leo Posted by: Misha at July 27, 2008 10:16 AM My taskbar and start button is missing so i did a search on it on my computer and found a shortcut to explorer.exe and so now though when i turn my computer on i have to go through windows task manager>file>new task>then i type in my documents>then click internet explorer>then i made a shortcut on the desktop so i go to my desktop from there and double click the shortcut and it comes up but its not the original color its classic but anyways to my point. The point is how do i fix it back to the way it should be. Coming up on its own and being back to regular color? Please help. Posted by: April at July 30, 2008 12:38 PMMisha - You should look here... I was trying to re-install windows xp and it didn't complete. I want to reformat my harddrive and cannot do so because windows setup application temporary files are still in use somewhere and I'm not allowed to delete everything off of my c:\NTFS partition. How do I get rid of these files so I can wipe the slate clean? I have Generic Host Process win32 errors and svchost.exe errors that are haunting me. I have tried everything out on the interenet suggest to remove the errors but nothing works. HELP!!!! Boot from your Windows installation CD and you can reformat the main drive. -Leo Posted by: Lori at August 3, 2008 04:04 PM Ok i have no desk top and i yrted all the tricks reading your forms i am missing dll ,explorer.exe i have to ctrl-alt delete to get in once i have control but stuck at the smae time i have even tried reg fixes....they dont work please please help with out wipibng the whole hard drive Posted by: steve at August 23, 2008 05:50 PMOk i bought a gaming computer, RAIDMAX scorpio. It did not include any cd. now my computer is very messed up and i want to install windows again. There are several folders that when i open have the i386 folder, none that i've found that include winnt.exe or anything like that. Please help Posted by: Corey at August 25, 2008 11:57 PMPost a comment on "I have no CD - how do I get at Windows XP setup?":
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