Hi, I'm new here and tried your suggestions in 'How to: Repair Windows XP/2000 if you are unable to boot into Windows' by Rick. I ran into a problem in that I get a different screen in one of the early steps.
After I select F8 to agree, I don't get the screen you posted with the option to repair. I get a screen which says "The following list shows the existing partitions and unpartitioned space on this computer." It then lists:
-: Partition1 [FAT] 31MB (29MB free)
C: Partition2 [Unknown] 38139MB (38138MB free)
It also asks if I want to set up Windows on the selected item, or create a partition in the unpartitioned space, or delete the selected partition.
Can I still somehow use your technique to reload Windows XP Home Edition and save the data on my hard drive? I'd appreciate your help in this.
Also, I used the map command in recover mode and it listed FAT16 32MB. (I did not do anything else, such at FIXBOOT, I read the warnings on this site about that)
thanks kindly for your help
After I select F8 to agree, I don't get the screen you posted with the option to repair. I get a screen which says "The following list shows the existing partitions and unpartitioned space on this computer." It then lists:
-: Partition1 [FAT] 31MB (29MB free)
C: Partition2 [Unknown] 38139MB (38138MB free)
It also asks if I want to set up Windows on the selected item, or create a partition in the unpartitioned space, or delete the selected partition.
Can I still somehow use your technique to reload Windows XP Home Edition and save the data on my hard drive? I'd appreciate your help in this.
Also, I used the map command in recover mode and it listed FAT16 32MB. (I did not do anything else, such at FIXBOOT, I read the warnings on this site about that)
thanks kindly for your help