How can I Perform a Windows XP Repair Install please?

Discussion in 'Parallels Desktop for Mac' started by Hugh Watkins, Jan 4, 2007.

  1. Hugh Watkins

    Hugh Watkins Forum Maven

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    I damaged the installation in a senior moment by installing the first beta 3094 and tools over the latest 3106

    I have uninstalled Paralles using the uninstaller
    and made a clean reinstall of 3106 from the dmg


    I now get a blue screen crash then
    black screen
    start in safe ??
    starting windows protected mode

    4 choices the last start normally

    (the win error messages are in danish because it si a danish OEM )

    I need to get the VM to boot from the OEM CD
    and I cannot remember what key to hold down to get into the bios

    F8 gave me some more choices but did not help

    in command line it crashed around loading drivers


    Huh W
     
  2. Hugh Watkins

    Hugh Watkins Forum Maven

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    I have reinstalled both Parallels and Win Xp

    with Beta 3 and it runs nice and cleanly

    On (non) Activation I telephoned MS help anf got a new code to reactivate WInXP

    UK to New Delhi in India as a freephone

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    One issue remains I cannot connect to the old Parallels shared folders form WInXp desktop via the new shrotcut


    \\.psf\hw2\Aaaa_start_page2.htm

    in my shiny new MS IE7

    Opening connection

    user name HUGHWATKINS2B692\Gæst

    but the password is neither known to me nor created by me

    and is a WinXP issue
    because the æ in Guest is created by the the danish system
    not the Mac OS


    Help please

    Hugh W
     

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