Repair option

Tander · Post by **Tander** » 07 Jul 2008, 12:25

Hi, i have a pc that i have done the system repair, not the recovery console but the full system repair and i want to undo the repair without formatting, is there anyway this can be done?

Thanks

ADV4NCED · Post by **ADV4NCED** » 07 Jul 2008, 12:31

Undo a repair?

Not AFAIK. Why do you want to UNDO a repair?

Firestrm_ZA · Post by **Firestrm_ZA** » 07 Jul 2008, 12:32

Tander, AFAIK, theres no way. if u lost data only option is data recovery.

ADV4NCED · Post by **ADV4NCED** » 07 Jul 2008, 12:35

If it was a repair, he shouldnt have lost any data

Firestrm_ZA · Post by **Firestrm_ZA** » 07 Jul 2008, 12:41

Tander wrote:Hi, i have a pc that i have done the system repair, not the recovery console but the full system repair and i want to undo the repair without formatting, is there anyway this can be done?

Thanks

ADV4NCED wrote:If it was a repair, he shouldnt have lost any data

as he said above he did the full repair which basically reinstalls xp totally, format the works

po10cy · Post by **po10cy** » 07 Jul 2008, 12:45

no but a repair doesnt format the drive it just scans and replaces damaged system files..

Firestrm_ZA · Post by **Firestrm_ZA** » 07 Jul 2008, 12:47

for the last time!!! he did a full repair which wipes everything!!!

sorry but come on read the request properly

Are you on crack? Firstly there's no such thing as a "full" repair. There are two options for XP:

1) Drop into recovery console to access a bunch of semi-useful utilities.
2) Repair the Windows installation, which replaces Windows files with factory defaults, and gives you a nice clean registry.

And no, it definitely does not do a format of any sorts.

po10cy · Post by **po10cy** » 07 Jul 2008, 12:50

ok if you say so

bosaap · Post by **bosaap** » 07 Jul 2008, 13:03

First of all why would you like to undo the repair as ADV4NCED has said?
By doing a repair only your system files gets repaired some of your program woud be lost as the warning says when you start your repair.
But why did you also do a repair.

bosaap · Post by **bosaap** » 07 Jul 2008, 13:16

Repairs are evil!!!!
I have done it before and it didn't solve the problem and at the end i had to do a format.
Like Firestrm said it wipes out everything, i dont agree 100% but i do a agree it does that but you will still have some of your old programs. Best is if you want to undo a repair is to get all your drivers ready and software you had and do a format.

UrBaN · Post by **UrBaN** » 07 Jul 2008, 13:31

As far as I know it replaces most system files, including some registry links and custom .dll files etc, causing some programs not to work. It DOES NOT format the drive, if it did you would not have your Documents etc after a repair, which you , in fact, do.

I do find it to be a rather useless operation though, some things get fixed, others broken.

Backup and reinstall is generally the best bet.

po10cy · Post by **po10cy** » 07 Jul 2008, 13:58

normally i only use the repair option just so i can get into windows and backup my data that might be lost if i do a full format, then i format.

Richard_ · Post by **Richard_** » 07 Jul 2008, 14:23

Firestrm wrote:for the last time!!! he did a full repair which wipes everything!!!

sorry but come on read the request properly

Are you on crack? Firstly there's no such thing as a "full" repair. There are two options for XP:

1) Drop into recovery console to access a bunch of semi-useful utilities.
2) Repair the Windows installation, which replaces Windows files with factory defaults, and gives you a nice clean registry. All personal data is maintained. Programs you installed prior to the repair may or may not work; this is dependent on their registry reliance.

And no, it definitely does not do a format of any sorts.

cYcLIc · Post by **cYcLIc** » 08 Jul 2008, 03:03

Firestrm wrote:for the last time!!! he did a full repair which wipes everything!!!

sorry but come on read the request properly

Are you on crack? Firstly there's no such thing as a "full" repair. There are two options for XP:

1) Drop into recovery console to access a bunch of semi-useful utilities.
2) Repair the Windows installation, which replaces Windows files with factory defaults, and gives you a nice clean registry.

And no, it definitely does not do a format of any sorts.

Richard_ wrote:
Firestrm wrote:for the last time!!! he did a full repair which wipes everything!!!

sorry but come on read the request properly
Are you on crack? Firstly there's no such thing as a "full" repair. There are two options for XP:

1) Drop into recovery console to access a bunch of semi-useful utilities.
2) Repair the Windows installation, which replaces Windows files with factory defaults, and gives you a nice clean registry. All personal data is maintained. Programs you installed prior to the repair may or may not work; this is dependent on their registry reliance.

And no, it definitely does not do a format of any sorts.

Whats going on here?

g33k · Post by **g33k** » 14 Jul 2008, 21:58

Sorry mate, the answer to your question is:

No, you cannot un-repair Windows XP once you've run the "repair" option.