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1256186 2012-01-27 20:54:00 Have a laptop here that will not boot to Window (XP)
It sits at the boot screen with that animated area going
Last known good config - same thing.
Safe mode - same thing.

Have booted it with XP disc and gone to recovery mode. Run chkdsk /p /r and also FIXBOOT - just in case.
Reboot. Same thing.

Ran it on XP disc past recovery console to do a repair install. No "R" option available.

Considering doing a dirty install (dependent on phone convo with client). If I need to do this; this is basically a new install but you don't pre-format; and you don't use the same user name... correct?
Myth (110)
1256187 2012-01-27 22:37:00 Ran it on XP disc past recovery console to do a repair install. No "R" option available.

Considering doing a dirty install
bad idea. If it won't Repair, then you're likely to make it unstable.
Do a clean install.
pctek (84)
1256188 2012-01-28 00:48:00 Ok, thanks for that :) Myth (110)
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