How do I get into repair on XP cd

[fnugen]

Okay.........stupid question time. How do I boot my pc off the winXP cd to attempt a repair of XP ?? I placed the CD in my drive, changed CMOS to 1st boot cd/dvd..........and it goes right into windows. WTF am I not doing right ?? Off the CD I have install, or upgrade when in windows.....can I shortcut my way through to the repair option through there?? Not ready for a reformat yet, want to try the repair side of XP........help !!!

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[iss]

Did you make sure to save the changes before exiting? what kind of OS disk do you have? retail, OEM?

 

[fnugen]

Yes I saved. XPhome SP2 retail.

 

[alphnumeric]

Is this an original CD or a copy? If it's a copy maybe it's not bootable. In that case you will need to use the 6 floppy disk boot disk set. On my PC it prompts me to hit a key to boot from CD-ROM, if I don't it goes to the next boot device set in the bios and skips the CD-ROM drive. Once you get it to bot from the CD-ROM you just follow along the menus as if you were going to install XP. You will get an option to repair the existing XP install on the hard drive.

 

[howard_hopkinso]

iss has a very good point.

When you change the boot order in bios, you must save and exit the bios, with your Windows XP disk in the drive.

Full instructions for doing a Windows repair can be found HERE

Regards Howard