Questions tagged [repair-install]
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XP CD doesn't offer repair option
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)...
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remove and reinstall *all* drivers
I have been struggling getting some 3G USB modems and some other hardware to work and in the process I have managed to get a lot of unnecessary and just plain wrong drivers installed. This is causing ...
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Is there a way to do a Windows 7 repair install when you are unable to start/boot Windows 7?
My understanding is that the only way to perform a "repair install" in Windows 7 is to run the install setup.exe within the Windows 7 installation you want to repair.
This seems a little brain dead ...
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Do I need product key when doing a repair install of Windows 7?
The title is the question. If the answer is yes, then is there a way to retrieve the product key from a dead PC? I do have the recovery CD.
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Windows 10 Repair Install keeping apps and data when windows doesn't boot?
I have a windows 10 pro machine that has Blue Screened IOInitialize fail. I have tried everything under the sun dism, bcdedit fixboot etc . you name it ..and nothing is working to get it to simply ...
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Can I do a repair install for an OEM XP Home system with an MSDN XP Home disk?
I need to repair a computer running Windows XP Home (OEM). I don't want to do a full re-install of the operating system, just a repair install.
The system belongs to someone else, and they don't ...
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Windows XP Repair Install BSOD After changing Virtual HDD Controller
I vm'ed an old windows XP installation using VirtualBox and it runs/ran fine after the normal ritual of performing a repair install.
I noticed VirtualBox by default set my hard drive controller to ...
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After Windows Update - Cannot Boot in Windows 8 Pro
I have a fresh install of Windows 8 Pro on a new PC and have done for some weeks. On Friday I hit the shutdown option Update and Restart. On the Saturday (yesterday) I turned on my machine to greeted ...
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Repair Microsoft Office 2010 -- no entry in Programs/Features
My Microsoft Office 2010 Professional Plus installation has started to have some issues lately, and I'd like to do a repair install. The program is not listed in my Programs and Features section of my ...
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Windows system drive letter changed after repair install
yesterday I did a repair install, because Windows froze on welcome screen after resizing its partition on a dual boot system. corresponding question
Everything worked fine so far, but now I am facing ...
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Recover strategy single bad sector in moricon
This week, my harddisk made me an early christmas present in the form of a single defect sector. To make up for the puny size of the present, it chose a sector inside moricons.dll for that.
This ...
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Repairing Windows installed two versions, how do I delete the corrupt one?
While repairing Windows XP, it has setup another version of XP on my computer. So on every reboot, I have to select one Windows XP out of the two presented.
Out of two, one is corrupt and not in use....
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How can I see/understand what Windows Installer auto-rollback is (or isn't) doing? [closed]
I'm a developer working on a cross-platform application. One of the target platforms is Windows, and I've inherited an installer written using Wix.
One of our current priorities is recoverability from ...
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Windows XP repair installation keeps restarting
I have a windows XP machine which was working absolutely fine until yesterday. Then suddenly it won't boot in normal mode.
Tried Safe Mode, Safe Mode Command prompt, Last known good configuration ...
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Why Isn't my Version of Windows 7 OS Compatible With the Same Version of the Installation CD?
A few days ago, my computer was spontaneously unplugged (instant power out). Since then it won't boot. It says something to the nature of "no bootable media found insert proper boot device." Just to ...
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How to enable XP Setup to offer Repair [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
XP CD doesn't offer repair option
Randomly, some versions of XP will not offer the Repair part during setup (after accepting the EULA, before selecting the hard drive). It ...
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An exe file has installed but not opening
I have installed LabVIEW 7.1 software on windows 10 platform .The installation window showed that the installation has completed successfully.But when I tried to open its exe it is not opening and ...
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Windows 7 repair installation on SSD creates huge pagefile making it unsuccessful
I have a system with 64 GB RAM with a bit corrupted Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 installation on a 128 GB SSD.
Current free space is about 64 GB so about 50% of the drive capacity. I don't use pagefile at ...
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Windows will not load - Conflict between Windows repair and Raid 1 array/driver?
I have a friend whose computer hangs when it tries to load Windows XP. It has worked fine until a couple weeks ago.
*Dell Dimension (don't have model number right now)
*Pentium 4
*1 GB RAM
*2 ...
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An unknown command-line option [/auto] was specified
When I try to repair install windows from a booted USB drive, I get this error:
The upgrade option isn't available if you start your computer using
installation media.
If a copy of Windows ...
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Is it possible to repair install Windows 8.1 from USB?
I am planning to repair install my desktop with Windows 8.1. But the problem is that I think my optical drive has stopped working all together. So I was wondering if it is possible to repair install ...
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Changed my motherboard - Do I need to reinstall Windows? Will a repair install work?
I had to change my motherboard on my desktop, now I am able to boot into my OS but things don't quite work the same. For example, any game that I play which utilizes the graphics card runs a lot ...
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Blank screen with blinking cursor while trying live usb install of Win 10
I had my laptop running on Windows 10 set for update and restart. While updating the system crashed and the blue screen waiting for restart came. When restarted the system goes to Windows automatic ...
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How Come Visual Studio 2017 Jams on a Repair?
I was trying to upgrade Visual Studio 2017 with the latest update, but then it complained about a Windows 10 SDK that it couldn't download. So, I cancelled the install. When I tried to run a repair ...
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How to do a Windows 10 repair installation?
In order to resolve issues related to booting and the start menu, I am trying to run a repair installation of Windows 10.
The computer was delivered with a pre-installed Windows 7 without any ...
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Windows 7 Startup Repair Tool "recovered" Windows by moving it to another drive: how do I move it back?
My original Windows 7 installation was on my C drive (an SSD), and somehow became corrupted and unbootable.
After running the Startup Repair Tool a new Windows folder has been created on D:\, and the ...
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Windows 8.1 keeps wanting to repair itself after installing Visual Studio 2013
I have a hp 650 with virtualization enabled. I installed windows 8.1 pro. I also installed Visual Studio 2013 Pro. However, after installing VS 2013 and at some point rebooting, Windows refuses to ...
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How can I repair a Windows 7 installation that will work with the upgrade method?
I got a computer here that is running Windows Home Premium 64-bit. The machine has something wrong with the networking stack and after everything I am just decided to nuke the system folder and do a ...
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Various Windows 7 problems, but can't repair install
My installation of Windows 7 has been having some issues. Aero refuses to work (Microsoft's FixIt tool says my video card (a GTX 260) isn't capable of it, even though it's worked fine for years), ...
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Windows 7 Repair Install [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Windows 7 Black screen of death
I am attempting to do a repair install of a Windows 7 Premium (x32). I am attemting to follow this guide:
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/...
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Black screen half way through Windows 7 Repair Install, laptop recoverable?
Half way through the Windows 7 Repair install the monitor drivers seem to have corrupted. The screen works fine up to the Windows logo on a black background, then the screen goes dead.
Everything is ...
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Install Windows 7 Manually
My Windows 7 is in a black screen with cursor before login in all boot modes state. It says I have no restore points (when I actually do) and I have tried all recovery options. It happened after I ran ...
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Restoring broken Windows 10 and programs from Windows.old folder
My dad's UX51VZ laptop crashed (likely due to incorrect BIOS setting at repair shop) and would no longer boot. I tried repairing the install and the MBR but nothing worked, so I installed Windows 10 ...
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Dism restorehealth source files not found
I have several problems on my pc and want fix win10 without reinstalling all apps. When I run:
DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /Scanhealth
I get Error 87. With:
DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /...