[bopdude]

Originally Posted by Down the Pub

try these and see if they are any help

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/330181

only other file i can seem to find regarding that issue.

or look through This

Had a look but didn't seem to be the problem I'm having, thanks though.

Originally Posted by absthechatter

Hi bopdude

In order to do a repair install, DO NOT chose 'to repair a windows XP installation using the recovery consol, press R' That will give you the DOS like prompt.

You need to accept the licence agreement, then it will search for existing installations. Select the instalation you want to repair from the list, and then press R.

Hope that helps

Abs

So I'm pressing 'r' to soon, I should go through the motions of doing an install

EDIT: When I follow the F8 route to accept I get the install options, I'm not seeing my xp install partition, only the second partition, now I'm really starting to get confused.