01-06-2008, 07:21 PM
I'm getting this beauty right now on a customer's PC. What a headache. The same thing happens when trying to bring it into safe mode. An in-place upgrade is one resolution posted on the MS site.
01-06-2008, 07:21 PM
01-07-2008, 01:11 PM
That is what I would try first.
01-17-2008, 10:16 AM
Nothing of value was on the system to instead of wasting time I just used a system restore.
01-22-2008, 11:57 AM
I recently installed windows xp over the existing installation and it completely wiped the windows folder, including the drivers. not what I had planned. had to reinstall everything. it was almost the same as a format but all the documents were still in place.
01-22-2008, 12:59 PM
I know what you're talking about. I had a system that would have had a similar result if I hadn't been careful with it. the Windows XP setup did not offer me a chance to repair the installation. It said that if I DID continue with the install using the default (\windows) folder that setup would remove certain files/folders first before installing. That's not what I would have wanted at all.