repair vista???

Dion

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Sep 13, 2007, 1:34:03 AM9/13/07

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how do you repair vista? can you put the vista cd in and follow on the
screen?? or what??

PvdG42

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"Dion" <dion...@bigpond.com> wrote in message
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> how do you repair vista? can you put the vista cd in and follow on the
> screen?? or what??

There is no "repair install" in Vista, but there is a way that I don't
recall at the moment (haven't needed it).

Look here:

http://vistasupport.mvps.org/windows_vista_repair_options.htm

or, post in this Vista group to get a quick answer.

microsoft.public.windows.vista.installation_setup

William (Bill) Vaughn

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Sep 15, 2007, 4:57:17 PM9/15/07

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Yes, there is a repair function in Vista. Yes, you boot from the install
disk and get into setup. Several screens later (once it determines that
there is an existing OS), you'll be prompted for the "Repair" option.

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Walter Blanchard

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Sep 19, 2007, 6:11:48 PM9/19/07

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The repair option when booting from the Vista DVD repairs only the boot-up.
There is no repair similar to XP's in Vista because the install works from
an image and not from the DVD itself.
Having said that, sometimes (if your Vista can boot) folks have reported
that after inserting the DVD with Vista running, you can select Upgrade and
it will essentially re-install Vista over itself.

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PvdG42

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Sep 20, 2007, 8:19:58 AM9/20/07

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"Walter Blanchard" <Walt...@community.nospam> wrote in message
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> The repair option when booting from the Vista DVD repairs only the
> boot-up. There is no repair similar to XP's in Vista because the install
> works from an image and not from the DVD itself.
> Having said that, sometimes (if your Vista can boot) folks have reported
> that after inserting the DVD with Vista running, you can select Upgrade
> and it will essentially re-install Vista over itself.
>

Thanks for filling in the blanks in my post, Walter. Those were the details
I couldn't recall :)

Walter Blanchard

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Sep 21, 2007, 11:55:32 AM9/21/07

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You're welcome.

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