JimR

"Rock" <Rock@nospam.net> wrote in message
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> "JimR" <jrap107@msn.com> wrote
>
>> "mitvah" <mitvah@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
>>> I’ve a Vista Ultimate installed on a DELL Latitude D620 laptop. The
>>> problem
>>> started a few weeks ago when Symantec Antivirus reported catching Clone
>>> War
>>> (1) on my computer. I’ve since done a few clean scans using various
>>> scanning
>>> programs but some system files seems to have been lost or are corrupted.
>>> I
>>> tried running sfc /scannow under admin cmd window and also after
>>> starting
>>> the recovery cmd window, but got the same message both time:
>>>
>>> Windows Resource Protection could not perform the requested operation.
>>>
>>> Even the automated recovery option to fix boot problem failed. I’m able
>>> to
>>> boot up the windows and its generally funtinal but quite a few things
>>> are not
>>> working e.g. I can’t open the personalize window from the desktop right
>>> click
>>> menu.
>>>
>>> Unitl late last week I was able to run the sfc and it reported a whole
>>> bunch
>>> of problems but did not automatically fix anything. I didn't have time
>>> to
>>> look into manually fixing things but now even that's not working.
>>>
>>> Please help!
>>
>>
>> If you are sure the system is clean, the quickest solution might be a
>> repair install of Vista.
>
>
> I'm unsure of what you mean here. How do you do a repair install of
> Vista? An in place upgrade that was available in XP was not carried over
> to Vista.
>
> --
> Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]


If you start the Vista DVD while in Vista, begin the installation,you will
be offered the ability to "upgrade". An upgrade over a current install of
Vista has the same effect as a repair install in XP in that it will install
Vista while keeping intact your documents, settings and programs.

--
Jim