Windows XP and Repair

You have a number of choices when XP problems arise.

1. You can call a PC repair company or bring it in to a repair site.

This will generally set you back at least $200. Additionally, some common sales and repair outlets don't have the most experienced repair people. If you are like most of the world, you never backed up your data and lost the original program installation CDs. You face the risk of getting the system repaired but losing all your programs and data if the repair is not done right.

2. You can do it yourself getting advice from the geeks online

As you can imagine, fixing the guts of XP can be something like major surgery. You have to be very careful that your recovery doesn't result in a fresh new version of XP on your system without any of your programs and data.

If you are lucky, your system may be eligible for a repair install which will fix your XP and leave everything else intact. However, this recovery does not take into account XP upgrades called service packs. You have to do some fancy footwork to get the service packs back in place.

XP recovery has an option called a repair install that will fix things but you have to be very careful to not confuse this with the trecovery console. You also have to do some fancy stuff to avoid the blaster worm. You also may need to know some arcane details about your cpu.

The following link provides an 8 command repair that works in many cases.
XP fix in 8 commands

3. The Reimage solution described below.

You can avoid many hours of harrowing picking at the guts of XP and the high expense of professional PC repair companies. You can try Reimage.

Reimage will automatically repair your computer leaving your programs and data intact. You need 500 megabytes of free space and an Internet connection.

When you connect to Reimage it will scan your computer for problems and report on everything that it found and then repair it. The repair will run about 35 minutes.

It works in the vast majority of cases and if it does it will cost you $65. You've saved yourself a bunch of money and much headache.

If it doesn't work, there is no charge and any changes that it made can be reversed.

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The makers of Reimage have compiled a huge database which identifies what belongs in XP and what doesn't. This includes programs and applications commonly used in Windows. The database keeps an inventory of all necessary components. A scan of the damaged PC is done and a report of all problems is generated. Anything missing is replaced. Questionable or damaging items are removed.

The system is restored to a factory fresh state with all programs and data intact. (Please note that some user settings may be lost.)