On recent installations the repair option was missing while a copy of Windows that's been on for a lengthy period would see the R for repairing existing installation present. This has been seen on Pro as well as Home edition where SP1 and SP2 installation disks were used.
On those occasions you saw the option to press L to delete the current or custom install a second copy to a different partition or drive. On installations that have accumilated restore points past the first 3 months the repair option was present. The latest was seen on the new build where XP had to be reinstalled after the board was replaced back in Sept. and left idle with the Vista drive being set as the default in mid November. XP was simply let idle during that time period.
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