Windows Repair/Upgrade

[Mark]

For anyone who is experiencing problems with broken features, services that wont start or corruptions on their Windows install, I have tried this method of repair that Shawn wrote for Vista and it works great without loosing any programs or settings.

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UPDATE - Windows 7 tutorial:

Repair Install

Repair Install For Vista How To Perform a Repair Installation For Vista
Published by Brink
08-27-2007

How To Perform a Repair Installation For Vista​

Information
This will allow you to repair your Vista installation and keep all of your personal user account files, settings, and programs. You will be performing a Upgrade Install from within your currently running Vista.

WARNING


ITEMS THAT WILL BE RESET TO DEFAULT:

• Computer Sound Event Scheme - See: How to Change a Computer Event Sound in Vista
• Vista Services - See: How to Disable or Enable Vista Services With a Advice Guide
• Visual Effects Options - See: How to Change the Visual Effects Options for Appearance and Performance in Vista
• Windows Mail - To Save and Restore your messages and settings, see the section: How to Backup and Reset Windows Mail
• Device Drivers - Be sure to have these handy to reinstall. They do not always remain after the repair (upgrade) install.

Repair Install For Vista - Vista Forums

 

[Joe]

Thanks for the post Mr GRiM

 

[Mark]

Thanks for the post Mr GRiM

Your welcome Joe, it beats doing afresh install that's for sure!

 

[Brds7t7]

I was having an issue when trying to generate a system health report. Kept getting an error saying the path was not specified so I used this to repair it and worked a treat.
Everything worked as normal when my system rebooted up. All programs working great.
The only things I had to do was change the sounds scheme and theme. All my hardware drivers were still in place....GREAT!!!