XP CD doesn't offer repair option
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Mar 15, 202653304 viewsConfidence Score0%
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I'm fixing an IBM Thinkpad laptop running XP Pro which doesn't boot all the way (It gets past the XP logo boot screen, a movable mouse cursor appears, and it doesn't get any further, even in safe mode) after being bumped a bit. I'd like to do a repair install. I booted it to an XP Pro CD, but the R…
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Fix for: XP CD doesn't offer repair option
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XP's setup sees OEM, retail and volume CDs and installs as different and so does not offer the repair option. If you copy the CD, altering the data in the setupp.ini file you can "create" a disk of the right type; there are some other differences be…
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