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John Rumm wrote:
Tried that but it removes the original installation and starts afresh.

Is this a Microsoft an OEM, retail, or Upgrade CD? Or is it a
manufacturers "Recovery CD"?

It's the original XP Home Edition installation disc - I built the computer
so didn't get one with it already installed. The recovery consul refers to
the one on it.

The proper MS CDs should allow you to install over the top of an
existing installation and not replace it, but basically fix it.

Some will prompt for an installation directory (in recognition that they
have seen an existing install in say c:\windows). If you ensure this is
set to the existing directory, it should do a reinstall.

Can't find that option.

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