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Can't repair Xp pro!!

post #1 of 6
1/6/04 at 11:33am
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ok.. ive been trying to figure out this problem for 3 days now....

whenever i try to run XIII I would get the following critical error at the splash screen:

Assertion failed: GetClassInfoExA( NULL, TCHAR_TO_ANSI(WinBaseClass), &Cls ) [File:..\Inc\Window.h] [Line: 1527]

History: WControl::RegisterWindowClass <- UWindowManager::UWindowManager <- InitWindowing



I think this happened after I installed arabic language support for windows... before that XIII was working perfectly.

So I figured that the error is coz a windows file is missing or something I then decided to repair windows xp ( i have the pro version)

Whenever I run the setup cd I dont get the option :
press R to Repair windows

I just get the screen where I have to pick the partition to install windows in.

when i try that I end up with 2 windows xp pro Os es on my computer!!!

I dunno what to do... XIII is the only applicaction thats been effected and it would be a shame to have to go to the trouble of formating the drive and reinstalling all my files and programs just to fix that one game.

PLZ HELP ME
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post #2 of 6
1/6/04 at 1:04pm
Follow your instructions in your book on re-installing windows fresh (ie..format). Might be that the language you installed overwrote your english windows library sub system.
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post #3 of 6
1/6/04 at 2:24pm
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theres no other way then a format??!! it ll take me a whole weekend just to get everything back !!

this really sux
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post #4 of 6
1/6/04 at 2:40pm
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Originally Posted by hayooya
theres no other way then a format??!! it ll take me a whole weekend just to get everything back !!

this really sux
If you don't have the repair option then I would take that as the windows cd doesn't like what it sees on the drive. Judging by your specs on your laptop, I would say that a fresh xp install would take no more than 45 minutes.
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post #5 of 6
1/6/04 at 2:59pm
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it will take 45 min to re-install windows maybe... but to get all the updqated drivers install all my games and software and patch em... that will take forever!!!

I looked thru my little black alienware book... i can't find anything about format / re-installing?? where did u see that??
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post #6 of 6
1/6/04 at 3:31pm
When you insert your windows xp disc in the drive and reboot the computer, it will prompt you if you would like to format a partition before installing. Here is a link to the instructions from the AW site.

http://support.alienware.com/Support..._recovery.aspx
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