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Window XP Repair Options Solve ProblemsWindow XP Repair will cover Windows XP options to ensure that your computer and the applications and devices installed on it work correctly. These options help you solve the problems that can result from adding, deleting, or replacing files that are on Windows XP system, applications and devices require in order to function. Most of these Window XP Repair options are available on all three versions of Windows XP: Window XP Home Edition, Window XP Professional Edition, and Window XP Professional x64 Edition. Window XP Repair Options Utility supplied with both Window XP Home Edition and Window XP Professional Edition, although in Home it is not installed by default.
In order to use this feature, you need to back your files previously. To access Window XP Backup:
Windows XP Device Drivers Roll Back Used to remove a newly installed Windows XP device drivers to 'rollback' the system to a previously installed Windows XP device drivers. Windows XP Device Drivers Roll Back does not work on printer Windows XP device drivers. To access Windows XP Device Drivers Roll Back use the Windows XP Device Manager:
Disable a Device This is very similar to Windows XP Device Drivers Roll Back except it disables the device and the driver that you suspect may be caused on Windows XP system. To access Disable a Device:
Add or Remove Programs This is the software version of Disable the Device. If you suspect a software installation is causing a problem, use this option to remove the program on Windows XP system. To access Add or Remove Programs:
Additional Window XP Repair options
Windows XP System Restore Microsoft's definition of System Restore in Windows XP:
If after using the previously mentioned options and no success have been achieved, System Restore in Windows XP might be the best next option available. Even if you made changes to the your data, since the last restore Windows XP point was created, turning the system back will not impact those changes. Changes to applications will be impacted, but its likely those changes are what you're trying to reverse so it becomes less of an issue. There are two methods of accessing System Restore in Windows XP: From Windows XP System Restore:
From Safe Mode: See the Safe Mode section below for how to start XP in safe mode. Once the Windows XP system has been booted.
Screen - Windows XP Safe Mode
Boot the computer and press F8 repeatedly until the Windows Advanced Options Menu screen comes up. Once it opens, you have a number of different Window XP Repair options. Windows XP Safe Mode:
Last Known Good Configuration: Screen - Last Known Good Configuration
Starts the Windows XP systems using registry information and drivers that The Windows XP systems saved at the last shutdown. Any changes made since the last successful startup are lost. Use this option only if a part of the Windows XP systems has been configured incorrectly. Has no ability to repairing Windows XP or replace corrupt or missing files and drivers. Windows XP Recovery Console: This is the next logical step if Last Known Good Configuration and Windows XP Safe Mode have failed in allowing the system to boot. This method is recommended only if you are an advanced user who can use basic commands to identify and locate problem drivers and files. Screen - Windows XP Recovery Console
To access the Windows XP Recovery Console:
More Window XP Repair options Automated System Recovery: Before you arrived at the Windows XP Recovery Console screen above, if you had been watching the gray bar at the bottom of the window you would have seen another possible choice for Window XP Professional Edition users. ASR is not available for Window XP Home Edition users. See Screen below. Screen - Automated System Recovery
After all other attempts at recovery fail, or if you have replaced a damaged system hard drive. You must have previously used Window XP Backup to create an Automated System Recovery set. Windows XP Boot Disk CD - Window XP Repair Current Windows XP Installation: Boot Disk Windows XP system with the Windows XP Boot Disk CD to perform the Window XP Repair. The Windows XP Boot Disk CD drive must be set as the initial Windows XP Boot Disk device in the computer BIOS. Pressing Delete on the initial Windows XP Boot Disk CD screen is one of the most common methods. Watch the Windows XP Boot Disk CD screen and it normally displays a message with the appropriate key sequence to BIOS access. The Windows XP Boot Disk CD sequence will continue. Watch the Windows XP Boot Disk CD screen for a message to appear that the Windows XP systems is looking for a Windows XP Boot Disk CD. Watch the monitor for the message That the Windows XP Boot Disk CD has been auto-detected, followed by the "Press any key to boot CD" message. The screen shown below will appear while Windows XP repair inspects the hardware configuration. Screen - Hardware Configuration
Once the inspection is complete, files will start to load from the Windows XP Boot Disk CD to begin the installation. Eventually the screen shown below will be displayed offering three options. Screen - Windows XP Installaton Setup
This is the point where the majority of confusion occurs about repairing a current Windows XP installation. The second option asks if you want to repair a Windows XP installation using Windows XP Recovery Console. In some situations this may be the desired course of action, but in this case we want to Windows XP repair without Windows XP Recovery Console. Rather than the second option, select the first option to set up Windows XP by pressing Enter. More files will load from the Windows XP Boot Disk CD until you're taken to the screen below. Screen - Windows XP Installation Setup Windows XP Repair
A list of all the current Windows XP installation will be displayed in the lower portion of the window. Use the arrow keys to select among them if you have more than one Windows XP installation. Once the selection has been made, press the R key to begin the Windows XP repair process. If you want to install another copy of Windows XP rather than repair an existing copy, press Escape. Note that when you perform a Windows XP repair of a current Windows XP installation you will be asked to enter the Product Key for Windows XP that came with the Windows XP Boot Disk CD. You are installing a fresh copy of Windows XP over the existing copy. While data and settings are not destroyed, any download Windows XP Service Pack will have to be reinstalled after the Windows XP repair process has been completed. Repairing a current Windows XP installation is not a substitute for reformatting a drive and doing a clean installation. It may help clear up some of the problems with the current Windows XP installation, but it will not restore an ailing Windows XP repair system to a new condition and performance that a clean system will provide. Window XP Repair options are numerous and can help you restore your Windows XP systems before you have to wipe out your hard drive. Window XP Repair Conclusion Window XP Repair has shown you the different repair options that are available to help you solve the Windows XP repair problems that can result from adding, deleting, or replacing files that your operating systems, applications and devices require in order to function.
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