Cannot Get Into Windows to Install ZAR

[GeorgeJefferson]

The only way I can run my system is by booting off XP Pro Install Disk. How can I install and run this program when I cannot get into Windows? Please pardon the remedial nature of this question, in advance.

[Alexey V. Gubin]

Typical (and the only reasonably working) solution is to

1. Remove the (faulty) hard disk from the affected system.
2. Add the faulty hard disk to some other (known-working) system.
3. Run recovery using the known-working Windows installation.

Alternatively, a second hard disk may be added to the affected machine, but net effect is still the same: You need a working side-by-side Windows installation, typically on a different physical disk.