ShinIori319 Posted August 18, 2007 Share Posted August 18, 2007 Hello!Yesterday, for some reasons, I had to reinstall Windows XP (Pro SP2). The first part of setup completes with no problems, until I try to get to second part. The first time, the setup program started with no problems, but before it showed the wizard, electricity went off. Now, when I start Windows, first a blue screen with the message "Windows is restarting setup program" or something... appears. After that, I get nothing but a black screen with a mouse pointer. The system hung up. I think one of my 'solutions' is to make a clean install, but that implicates the loss of ALL data. Can somebody help me?I only count with a Windows XP LiveCD and an installation image on my HDD.Thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Barchetta Posted August 18, 2007 Share Posted August 18, 2007 I don't know if you have access to one or not. But what I have done a few times in similar cases, is install XP to a totally different hard drive - make the "Problem" drive a slave - copy any data you want to save from it - then do a clean install..It doesn't even have to be WinXP, just any OS that will read an NTFS partition (Linux works fine too). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponch Posted August 18, 2007 Share Posted August 18, 2007 I think one of my 'solutions' is to make a clean install, but that implicates the loss of ALL data.As far as I know, the system still gives you the choice to reformat or not when installing XP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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