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Fred Langa
shows you how to completely rebuild, repair, or refresh an existing XP
installation without losing data, and without having to reinstall user
software, reformat, or otherwise destructively alter the setup.
It's one of those software design decisions that makes you scratch your head and wonder, "What were they thinking?"
The "it" in this case is XP's most powerful rebuild/repair option, and
yet Microsoft chose to hide it behind seeming dead ends, red herrings,
and a recycled interface that makes it hard to find and (at first)
somewhat confusing to use.
But it's worth exploring because this option lets you completely and nondestructively
rebuild, repair, or refresh an existing XP installation while leaving
already-installed software alone (no reinstallation needed!). It also
leaves user accounts, names, and passwords untouched and takes only a
fraction of the time a full, from-scratch reinstall does. And unlike a
traditional full reinstall, this option doesn't leave you with two
copies of XP on your hard drive. Instead, you end up with just the
original installation, but repaired, refreshed, and ready to go.
We've saved this technique for last in our discussion of the various XP
repair/rebuild options because the fixes we've previously discussed are
like first aid--the things you try first. For instance, see this discussion on removing limitations on XP's Recovery Console, turning it into a more complete repair tool; or this discussion
on the Recovery Console's little-known "Rebuild" command that can cure
many boot-related problems. (There's also lots more on the Recovery
Console here.
But when the Recovery Console techniques don't work, and you're facing the prospects of a total reformat/reinstall, stop!
Try the no-reformat reinstall technique we're about to illustrate, and
you just may get your XP setup running again in a fraction of the time
and with a fraction of the hassle of a grand mal wipe-and-restore.
The First Fork In The Road
The no-reformat reinstall operation starts with a normal boot from an
XP setup CD. Ideally, to save time, use a setup CD that's been
"slipstreamed" to include the SP1 and SP2 patches and upgrades. (Need
info on slipstreaming? See "How To Save An Hour (Or More) On XP Installs" and also this third-party site.
Start your PC with the setup CD in a drive, and hit a key when you see the following screen:
Screen One
Boot from your XP setup CD to gain access to the no-reformat reinstall option. (click image for larger view)
If instead of booting to the CD your PC boots from the hard drive, you
may need to modify your PC's "boot order." It's easy and only takes a
minute to make the change so that the PC will check for a bootable CD
before trying to boot from the hard drive. See this for more information.
Once your PC starts to boot from the CD, you'll see something like what's shown in Screen 2:
Screen Two
Let the CD boot proceed normally and automatically through "Setup is
inspecting your computer's hardware..." to the "Windows Setup" screen. (click image for larger view)
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It's one of those software design decisions that makes you scratch your head and wonder, "What were they thinking?"
