I'm afraid I've encountered the next big problem right away with this. I've read the documentation (thanks again), and when my computer tries to start I've not only tried the <F10> BOOT menu, selecting the DVD drive before the hard drive; I've also gone into the <F2> BIOS menu and changed the boot priority of my devices so the DVD drive was highest, above the Hard Drive...but still I'm getting a different screen when it 'boots to CD' than what we're looking for here for the Repair Install. Is this because it's a GATEWAY FX computer, and that's the company that bundled the original 'Gateway Windows OS' CD? No matter what method I try, after that screen to choose either BIOS or BOOT, when it starts the CD the screen that I receive looks like this, white text on black:
Gateway System Recovery
Press 'R' to display Gateway System Recovery options. (then gives a brief countdown)
Press F11 to start recovery (then gives another countdown)
~If I do not push either of those buttons, in brings me back to the original error screen I first posted, about the corrupt system file. However, no matter which button I DO push, it brings me to the same Green-Header 'Gateway System Recovery' screen. Along the left is a column of titles apparently for progress, from top to bottom reading:
Selecting Recovery Option
Hard disk Preparation
Copying Files
Changing CD-Rom
Finalizing Recovery
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Time elapsed
00:00
Time remaining
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The ONLY TWO OPTIONS I can choose in the 'System Restore Options' are those two original ones that I was concerned about and NOT looking for:
-Full System Restore (Destructive)
**WARNING** This option will format your hard disk and reinstall all factory...(etc.)
-Full System Restore (with Backup)
This option will move all Hard Disk contents to the 'C:\My Backup' directory and install a new copy of Windows. This option preserves your existing data files, however all applications and settings will need to be reinstalled. This option requires 4GB of free Hard Disk space for the new OS.
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What else can I do, really? I'm ideally still trying to just get that 'missing/corrupt' system32 file restored, but at this point I'm willing to do whatever it takes. Am I doing something wrong? The CD's in there and that's the menu it BOOTs to - is there any other way to access the WINDOWS menu for the Repair Install that we ARE looking for?
Thanks again!
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