repair windows xp from a secondary instance of windows?

[Ratedr]

Ok I hope that I am explaining this correctly:

I had an issue with windows xp, and I wanted to repair it, but for
some reason my disc (dont ask why) didnt give me a choice of repairing
the windows installation..so I just installed another copy (now c:
\windows.1 lets say) I dont want to go through the hassle of fixing
everything, reinstalling my shortcuts, etc....I just want to be able
to repair my ORIGINAL windows installation cwindows. Is there a
way, from the windows.1 installation, to repair the cwindows
installation? like doing the sfc /scanow but to scan the original
windows installation?

 

[db]

the problem may be that
your o.s. on the hd is sp3
but your cd is sp1 or sp2.

if so, then you would have
a problem repairing your
windows.

you will have to use the
slipstream method to
create a sp3 installation
cd in order execute a
repair.

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"Ratedr" <raskinscott@gmail.com> wrote in message news:68079805-a28c-41ed-9328-d65f2634f11b@u9g2000yqb.googlegroups.com...
> Ok I hope that I am explaining this correctly:
>
> I had an issue with windows xp, and I wanted to repair it, but for
> some reason my disc (dont ask why) didnt give me a choice of repairing
> the windows installation..so I just installed another copy (now c:
> \windows.1 lets say) I dont want to go through the hassle of fixing
> everything, reinstalling my shortcuts, etc....I just want to be able
> to repair my ORIGINAL windows installation cwindows. Is there a
> way, from the windows.1 installation, to repair the cwindows
> installation? like doing the sfc /scanow but to scan the original
> windows installation?
>

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

> I had an issue with windows xp...

What issue?

Ratedr wrote:
> Ok I hope that I am explaining this correctly:
>
> I had an issue with windows xp, and I wanted to repair it, but for
> some reason my disc (dont ask why) didnt give me a choice of repairing
> the windows installation..so I just installed another copy (now c:
> \windows.1 lets say) I dont want to go through the hassle of fixing
> everything, reinstalling my shortcuts, etc....I just want to be able
> to repair my ORIGINAL windows installation cwindows. Is there a
> way, from the windows.1 installation, to repair the cwindows
> installation? like doing the sfc /scanow but to scan the original
> windows installation?