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Trying to auto-repair WinXP Home

RMSe17

RMSe17

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A friend of mine gave me a laptop to try to fix. It has Windows XP Home installed, apparently the Korean version if there is such a thing, because when I turn it on, and see the Windows screen with selection for Safe mode, etc.. it's in Korean.

The problem is that no matter which selection I make, the result is a blinking cursor at the top with black screen. Windows never finishes loading.

From what he told me, they were watching a movie on it, and then the laptop turned off, and then never turned back on successfully. So I figure some windows file corruption, I boot of a Windows Home cd, go to Console, and run the disk check, which says it fixed something. However, still a no go. So I figure ok, the CD key is written on the bottom of the laptop, so I can just do a recovery with my XP Home CD, and then somehow change language to Korean if it comes up as US.

The problem is, when I click Enter to install XP, and it says "Searching for previous installs of Windows" it goes straight to selecting C or D drives or partitioning it otherwise, and does not ask me if I want to repair that install..

Any ideas?

Thanks!


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mechBgon
 
Windows installation is probably so corrupt that setup doesn't see it. If that the case you may need to do a fresh install of windows.
 
Well I know accessing your registry for one to get info for setting up repair from the command prompt or doing a repair install. I have had a few systems in the past like that and if it cant be read it properly it just trys to do a new install
 
It wasn't the windows installation that was corrupt, it is apparently the inability of regular Windows XP Home to see or repair the Windows XP Home K or Windows XP Home KN versions. I was able to find the ISO's for K and KN versions, and they both saw the existing install, and went ahead with the repairs. Unfortunately, I am still stuck, because the CD key is an OEM key, but the only ISO's of Windows XP Home K and KN that I could find anywhere are the Retails, which don't accept the key. Can not locate Home OEM K anywhere 🙁 Rather frustrating.
 
Have you tried a US OEM CD to see if it might work. I No idea how the serial is made. Is it justing look for type of install e.g. OEM RETAIL VL ect. or if its checking for a country code no idea.
 
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