repair installation xp

after trying to find solutions to a couple of problems, namely "system
restore, won't restore and add or remove programs losing the option to
change/remove programs" i have decided to reinstall/repair my system to
resolve the problem. can someone advise me of how to do this? i have a Dell
dimension 5000 pc running xp home sp2. many thanks
--
seanpaul99

seanpaul99 wrote:
> after trying to find solutions to a couple of problems, namely
> "system restore, won't restore and add or remove programs losing
> the option to change/remove programs" i have decided to
> reinstall/repair my system to resolve the problem. can someone
> advise me of how to do this? i have a Dell dimension 5000 pc
> running xp home sp2. many thanks

How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

How to perform an in-place upgrade (reinstallation) of Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315341

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html