Now there is an interesting suggestion!
Thanks, Steve.
Frank K-F
============
Steve Finkelstein wrote:
>In Reply to :
>
>You mentioned "wiping your system" and reinstalling XP. I have been
>Wondering since getting XP (moving from W98SE) if I can reinstall XP
>over existing install -- just like I did quite regularly with W98SE --
>without losing all else that is installed. The XP recovery diskettes
>don't seem to provide for a reinstall like that. As I send this message
>I have a couple of "EXE" and one "DLL" missing -- and don't have my
>hidden recovery partition.
>
>Anyone play with this and have a solution?
>I was troubleshooting a dial up issue for my wife's computer with Earthlink, and they suggested using the run command, and typing in: sfc /scannow making sure you have your windows XP install disk in your cd drive, this scans windows files for missing pieces and re-installs from the install disk. I hope this helps.
>
>Steve Finkelstein
>Technical Operations Manager
>Indigo Olive Software/BeverageOne
>4229 Bardstown Road
>Suite 215
>Louisville, KY 40218-3241
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>F: 502.736.2824
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